Where does “Zurückzahlung” come from?

Zurückzahlung (German) comes from German zurückzahlen, 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;...

Zurückzahlung (German): payback

Definitions

  1. payback

Ancestry of “Zurückzahlung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzurückzahlento pay back
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-Germanictōto
9Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →