zelle

See also: Zelle

Farefare

Etymology

Compare Moore gelle (“egg”)

Pronunciation

/zél.lé/

Noun

zelle (plural zɛla)

1. egg

Middle English

Verb

zelle

1. (Kent) Alternative form of sellen

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin zelus (“jealousy, zeal”), itself derived from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).

Noun

zelle f (plural zelles)

1. zeal
   • 1549, Hugon (Hugo de la Chapelle?), Second livre contenant xxvi. chansons:

     Amour rempli de pitié, et de zelle,
     D’amour mourant toucha la legière aesle.

     Love, full of pity and of zeal, dying of love touched the light wing.

Descendants

• French: zèle

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• celle

Etymology

From Old High German zella, borrowed from Latin cella, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈt͡s̄əllə/, /ˈt͡s̄ɛllə/

Noun

zelle or zëlle f

1. living room
2. cell (small room in a monastery)

Declension

Declension of zelle (strong feminine in -e)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	zelle	die	zelle
genitive	einer	dër	zelle	dër	zellen
dative	einer	dër	zelle	dën	zellen
accusative	eine	die	zelle	die	zelle

Declension of zelle (weak feminine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	zelle	die	zellen
genitive	einer	dër	zellen	dër	zellen
dative	einer	dër	zellen	dën	zellen
accusative	eine	die	zellen	die	zellen

Descendants

• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Zell
  • Luxembourgish: Zell
• German: Zelle, Celle (obsolete)
  • → Polish: cela

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ZËLLE”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "zelle" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)