Where does “dozou” come from?

dozou (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Do, from Luxembourgish op, from Old High German up, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

dozou (Luxembourgish): thereto

Definitions

  1. thereto

Ancestry of “dozou”, step by step

dozou traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Do

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishDothe bright time of the day
2Luxembourgishopopen; on, upon; at, to
3Old High Germanup—
4Old High Germanūfup
5Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
6Proto-Germanicubunder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

via Luxembourgish zou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishzouadverbial form of the preposition zu; closed,...
2Middle High Germanzuoto
3Old High Germanzuoto
4Proto-West Germanic*tō—
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Germanic ub →