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Where does “zou-” come from?

zou- (Luxembourgish) comes 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;...

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Ancestry of “zou-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “zou-”

  • zousetzen
  • Zoustand
  • zoustänneg
  • zouspillen
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