Where does “zurück-” come from?

zurück- (German) comes from German zurück, 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;...

zurück- (German): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “zurück-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzurückback, backwards, to the rear; stand back!
2Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
3Middle High Germanzuo-
4Old High Germanzuo-
5Proto-West Germanic*tō
6Proto-Germanicto
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “zurück-

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