An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zeile

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zeile
Friedrich Kluge2508725An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zeile1891John Francis Davis

Zeile, f., ‘line, row, rank,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zîle, OHG. zîla, f. (late MidHG. also ‘lane’). A specifically HG. derivative of the Teut. root tī̆ from which Ziel and Zeit are also derived.