Zäit

See also: zait

Luxembourgish

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-
    Proto-Indo-European *-tis
    Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis
    Proto-Germanic *tīdiz
    Proto-West Germanic *tīdi
    Old High German zīt
    Middle High German zīt
    Luxembourgish Zäit

    Inherited from Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.

    The plural Zäiten was adapted to the singular; the inherited form would have been *Zeiden. The prevocalic stem zeid- remains in zeideg (“ripe”), with the doublet zäiteg (“timely”) formed after the underlying noun. The third stem zeit- in Zeitung (“newspaper”) is borrowed from German (displacing obsolete Luxembourgish Zeideng).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tsæi̯t/, [t͡sæˑɪt]
    • Rhymes: -æːɪt

    Noun

    Zäit f (plural Zäiten, diminutive Zäitchen)

    1. time
    2. epoch, era

    Derived terms

    • zäiteg
    • zäitlech
    • zeideg
    • zeidegen
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