An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zingel

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

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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.