terug (Dutch) comes from Dutch rug, from Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-West Germanic hrugi, from Proto-Germanic hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
terug (Dutch): backwards, back; back, to a previous place or...
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backwards, back; back, to a previous place or...
Ancestry of “terug”, step by step
terug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.