Where does “Rückkehrer” come from?
Rückkehrer (German) comes from German zurückkehren, from German zurück-, from German zurück, from German zu-, from Middle High German zuo-, from Old High German zuo-, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Rückkehrer (German): returnee
Definitions
- returnee
Ancestry of “Rückkehrer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zurückkehren | to return |
| 2 | German | zurück- | back |
| 3 | German | zurück | back, backwards, to the rear; stand back! |
| 4 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |