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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Fitze

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Fitze
Friedrich Kluge2508237An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — Fitze1891John Francis Davis

Fitze, f., ‘knot of yarn, skein, wrinkle,’ from MidHG. vitze, OHG. fizza, f., ‘a number of reeled threads tied together, skein, yarn’; akin to OIc. fǫt, ‘clothes,’ MidHG. vaȥȥen, ‘to dress,’ root fat, fet? ‘to spin’? ‘to weave’?. Yet it is more closely connected with OSax. fittea, AS. fitt, ‘chapters, divisions in poems.’