
“Good tidings we bring…” 🎶
What in earth is “tidings”?
It means “news” and AFAICT “tiding” is related to “tide” which used to mean “time” and is cognate to German (die) Zeit (time) ➡️ (die) Zeitung ((news)paper)
“Good tidings we bring…” 🎶
What in earth is “tidings”?
It means “news” and AFAICT “tiding” is related to “tide” which used to mean “time” and is cognate to German (die) Zeit (time) ➡️ (die) Zeitung ((news)paper)