An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zingel

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2518894An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — ZingelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Zingel, masculine, ‘stone wall, palisade,’ from Middle High German zingel, masculine, ‘rampart,’ whence Modern High German umzingeln, ‘to encircle, surround’ (Middle High German zingeln, ‘to make an entrenchment’), formed like Latin cingulus, cingere.

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