Where does “zu-” come from?

zu- (German) comes 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;...

zu- (German): Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...

Definitions

  1. Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...

Ancestry of “zu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzuo-
2Old High Germanzuo-
3Proto-West Germanic*tō
4Proto-Germanicto
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “zu-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de