Where does “to-” come from?

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

to- (Old Saxon): Creates words with a sense of ‘towards, to,...

Definitions

  1. Creates words with a sense of ‘towards, to,...

Ancestry of “to-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicto
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deEvery word from Proto-Germanic