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2548823An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zurückJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ zurück, adverb, ‘back, backwards,’ from Middle High German zerücke (Middle German zurücke), Old High German zi rucke, ‘backwards, behind one's back’; compare Low German terügge. Allied to Rücken; compare English back.

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