Where does “zuschrauben” come from?

zuschrauben (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;...

zuschrauben (German): to screw on, screw shut

Definitions

  1. to screw on, screw shut

Ancestry of “zuschrauben”, 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;...
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