Where does “ze” come from?
ze (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German ze, from Old High German zi, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
ze (Luxembourgish): to; too
Ancestry of “ze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | ze | in, to |
| 2 | Old High German | zi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ta | to |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |