An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeiland

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zeiland
Friedrich Kluge2508724An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zeiland1891John Francis Davis

Zeiland, m., ‘spurge laurel,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zîlant; scarcely allied to MidHG. zîl, ‘briar’; more probably connected with Seidelbast. Comp. Zeidler.