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Where does “zou” come from?

zou (Luxembourgish) comes 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;...

zou (Luxembourgish): adverbial form of the preposition zu; closed,...

Definitions

  1. adverbial form of the preposition zu; closed,...

Ancestry of “zou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzuo—
2Old High Germanzuoto
3Proto-West Germanic*tō—
4Proto-Germanictōto
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “zou”

  • zouen
  • dozou
  • zu
  • zou
  • zoumaachen
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