Where does “zunehmen” come from?
zunehmen (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;...
zunehmen (German): to increase; to gain weight
Definitions
- to increase; to gain weight
Ancestry of “zunehmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 2 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |