Where does “-то” come from?
-то (Russian) comes from Russian тот, from Old Turkic tod-, from German tōd, from Middle High German tōt, from Old High German tōt, from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
-то (Russian): some-
Ancestry of “-то”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | тот | that, those; the one; the other |
| 2 | Old Turkic | tod- | — |
| 3 | German | tōd | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | tōt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | tōt | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daud | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |