*tō

Runic: ᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtɔː/

preposition

Meanings

to

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *doh₁ (‘to’), instrumental singular of *de (‘to, towards’). Cognate with Russian до (do, ‘to’), Latvian da (‘until, to’).

Descendants

  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tuo (Old Dutch)
      • toe, to, te (Middle Dutch)
        • toe (Dutch)
          • toe (Afrikaans)
          • tû (Jersey Dutch)
          • tu, toe, due (Negerhollands)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tuo (Old Dutch)
      • tuote, *tō, *ta (Old Dutch)
        • tote, tot, toete, toet (Middle Dutch)
          • tót (Limburgish)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tuo (Old Dutch)
      • tuote, *tō, *ta (Old Dutch)
        • tote, tot, toete, toet (Middle Dutch)
          • tot (Dutch)
            • tot (Afrikaans)
            • tutu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
            • tut, tût (Jersey Dutch)
            • tot, tee (Negerhollands)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tō, ti (Old English)
      • to (Middle English)
        • to, too (English)
        • te, tiv (Geordie)
        • tae (Scots)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tō, to (Old Frisian)
      • to, tö, tu (North Frisian)
      • tote, tot (Old Frisian)
      • tou (Saterland Frisian)
      • ta (West Frisian)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zuo, za, zi (Old High German)
      • zuo (Middle High German)
        • zo (Cimbrian)
        • zu (East Central German)
        • zu (German)
        • zou, zu (Luxembourgish)
        • cy (Vilamovian)
        • צו (tsu) (Yiddish)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • zuo, za, zi (Old High German)
      • zuoza, zuozi (Old High German)
        • zuoze (Middle High German)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tō, tuo, thuo, te, ti (Old Saxon)
      • tô (Middle Low German)
        • to (Low German)
        • to (Plautdietsch)
  • *tō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tō, tuo, thuo, te, ti (Old Saxon)
      • tōtō, tōte (Old Saxon)
        • tôte, tote, tôt, tot (Middle Low German)

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