Etymology

Zeug

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Zeug ← Middle High German ziuc ← Old High German giziug
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  2. Proto-Germanic*teugą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*teug
  4. Old High Germangiziug
  5. Middle High Germanziuc
  6. GermanZeug
  7. English todayZeug

Borrowed from German Zeug.

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