Where does “do” come from?
do (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
do (Luxembourgish): there, in that place; second-person singular...
Definitions
- there, in that place; second-person singular...
Ancestry of “do”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |