Where does “zufassen” come from?

zufassen (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;...

zufassen (German): to make a grab

Definitions

  1. to make a grab

Ancestry of “zufassen”, step by step

zufassen 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 fassen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
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