Where does “tegen” come from?

tegen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch tegen, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

tegen (Dutch): against; to, towards

Definitions

  1. against; to, towards

Ancestry of “tegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtegen
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanicto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “tegen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de