Where does “zouen” come from?
zouen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish zou, 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;...
zouen (Luxembourgish): closed
Ancestry of “zouen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Luxembourgish | zou | adverbial form of the preposition zu; closed,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | zuo | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zuo | to |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |