Where does “toe” come from?
toe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
toe (Middle Dutch): to, towards; up to; until
Definitions
- to, towards; up to; until
Ancestry of “toe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | tuo | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |