Ziit

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

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
    Alemannic German Ziit

    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.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Ziit f (plural Ziite, diminutive Ziitli)

    1. time
      • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
        Händ Si d’Ziit ufgschribe?
        Did you write down the time?
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