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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zurück

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
zurück
Friedrich Kluge2508802An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zurück1891John Francis Davis

zurück, adv., ‘back, backwards,’ from MidHG. zerücke (MidG. zurücke), OHG. zi rucke, ‘backwards, behind one's back’; comp. LG. terügge. Allied to Rücken; comp. E. back.