An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zindel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zindel
Friedrich Kluge2506069An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zindel1891John Francis Davis

Zindel, m., ‘light taffeta,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zindâl, zëndâl; from MidLat. cendalum (Gr. σίνδων, ‘fine linen,’ lit. ‘Indian stuff’), whence Ital. zendado, and zendale.