An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/züchtig

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
züchtig
Friedrich Kluge2508775An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — züchtig1891John Francis Davis

züchtig, adj., ‘modest, bashful, discreet,’ from MidHG. zühtec, OHG. zuhtîg, ‘well bred, polite; punitive; pregnant.’ —