Where does “to” come from?

to (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

to (Old Saxon): to

Definitions

Ancestry of “to”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-West Germanic	*tō	—
2	Proto-Germanic	tō	to
3	Proto-Indo-European	de	Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “to”

tô
tau
to
tau
toschlop

Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →