Where does “rückzu” come from?

rückzu (German) comes from German zū, from Middle High German zuo, from Old High German zuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

rückzu (German): on the way back

Definitions

  1. on the way back

Ancestry of “rückzu”, step by step

rückzu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zū

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzūto, towards
2Middle High Germanzuoto
3Old High Germanzuoto
4Proto-West Germanic*tō—
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via German rück

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrücksingular imperative of rücken; first-person...
2Middle High Germanruc—
3Old High Germanrucch—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →