Where does “to” come from?

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

to (Plautdietsch): to

Definitions

  1. to

Ancestry of “to”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantô—
2Old Saxontoto
3Proto-West Germanic*tō—
4Proto-Germanictōto
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “to”

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