Where does “zuschlagen” come from?

zuschlagen (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;...

zuschlagen (German): to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and...

Definitions

  1. to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and...

Ancestry of “zuschlagen”, 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;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →