Where does “te” come from?

te (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

te (Middle Dutch): at, in; to, towards; at, during

Definitions

  1. at, in; to, towards; at, during

Ancestry of “te”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchte—
2Proto-Germanictato
3Proto-Germanictōto
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “te”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-Germanic ta →