This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Zeile. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Zeile, feminine, ‘line, row, rank,’ from the equivalent Middle High German zîle, Old High German zîla, feminine (late Middle High German also ‘lane’). A specifically High German derivative of the Teutonic root tī̆ from which Ziel and Zeit are also derived.