there · then; so; at that moment · replaces any pronominal adverb when the context is clear
köken: From a merger of three interrelated adverbs: 1.) Middle High German dā, dār (“there, at that place”), from Old High German thār, dār, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. 2.) Middle High German dar, dare (“thither, to that place”), from Old High German thara, dara, from an extended form of the former. 3.) Middle High German dō, duo (“then, at that time”), from Old High German thō, dō, duo, from…
aile: ebenda, dahinten, dahinter
Am liebsten entfloh sie dem allem in den großen Garten. Da verbrachte sie ihre schönsten Stunden.
Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt.
Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf.
to, for · Indicates the second, predicative complement of several verbs, e.g. those with a sense like call, name, find, deem, judge (appellation or appraisal) · as, for (in the function or role specified)
köken: From Proto-Uralic *nä (“this”) + Proto-Uralic *-k or Proto-Uralic *-ŋ (“lative suffix”). Compare Proto-Finnic *-k (“forming lative adverbs”).
toward, to · up to (indicating direction upwards) · near, by, close by, at, to (indicating location)
köken: From Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include English at. The accusative is from the hypothesized pre-PIE allative (or 'directional'), which merged with the accusative case in Proto-Italic.
aile: ad absurdum, ad amussim, ad arma, ad astra, ad hoc, ad hominem, ad infinitum, ad kalendas Graecas, ad libitum, ad nauseam
Fugere ad puppim collēs campīque videntur.
Meridie umbrae cadunt ad septentrionem, ortu vero ad occasum.
From a phonetic collapse of two Proto-Albanian terms, *per(i) and *pra, the former from Proto-Indo-European *péri (“leading (out) across or around”) and *pér (“through”) (compare Sanskrit परि (parí, “(a)round”)), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“towards, before”) (compare Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before, forwards”). Possibly reinforced by Latin per (“through, over”).