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

Related terms

• Zeitung