An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zingel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zingel
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Friedrich Kluge2506071An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zingel1891John Francis Davis

​ Zingel, m., ‘stone wall, palisade,’ from MidHG. zingel, m., ‘rampart,’ whence ModHG. umzingeln, ‘to encircle, surround’ (MidHG. zingeln, ‘to make an entrenchment’), formed like Lat. cingulus, cingere.

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