Where does “zulegen” come from?

zulegen (German) comes from German zu-, 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;...

zulegen (German): To gain, add; To put on weight

Definitions

  1. To gain, add; To put on weight

Ancestry of “zulegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
2Middle High Germanzuo-—
3Old High Germanzuo-—
4Proto-West Germanic*tō—
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “zulegen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →
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