Where does “zurückschlagen” come from?
zurückschlagen (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;...
zurückschlagen (German): to retaliate
Definitions
- to retaliate
Ancestry of “zurückschlagen”, step by step
zurückschlagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German zurück
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zurück | back, backwards, to the rear; stand back! |
| 2 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |
via German schlagen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schlagen | to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | slahen | to strike |
| 3 | Old High German | slahan | to hit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |