An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zeitung

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Zeitung.

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2528467An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — ZeitungJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Zeitung, feminine, ‘newspaper, gazette,’ from late Middle High German zîtunge, ‘information, news’; compare Dutch tijding, English tidings, Old Icelandic tiðende, ‘tidings.’ The evolution of the meaning from the stem of Zeit is not quite clear; compare, however, English to betide.