From the root ז־ו־ע (z-w-ʿ), forming words relating to terror, quaking, and trembling. Compare Aramaic זוּעַ (zūʿa), Arabic زَعْزَعَ (zaʕzaʕa, “to shake”), and Hebrew זִעְזֵעַ (zi'zéa', “to shake (violently), to agitate)”).