An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/ziehen

by Friedrich Kluge

ziehen, vb., ‘to draw, pull, march,’ from the equiv. MidHG. ziehen, OHG. ziohan; a common Teut. str. vb.; comp. Goth. tiuhan, OSax. tiohan, AS. teon. The Teut. verbal root tuh (tug) corresponds to an Aryan root duk, which has been preserved in Lat. dûco, ‘to lead.’ From the same root the cognates of Zaum, Zeug, Zecht (Herzog), and the (properly) LG. Tau, n., are derived.