Where does “Zurückforderung” come from?

Zurückforderung (German) comes from German zurückfordern, 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;...

Zurückforderung (German): revendication, reclamation

Definitions

  1. revendication, reclamation

Ancestry of “Zurückforderung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzurückfordernto demand back, to claim something back, to reclaim
2Germanzurück-back
3Germanzurückback, backwards, to the rear; stand back!
4Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
5Middle High Germanzuo-
6Old High Germanzuo-
7Proto-West Germanic*tō
8Proto-Germanicto
9Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deEvery word from Proto-Germanic Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō