Where does “buiten” come from?

buiten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan — outside, externally.

buiten (Dutch): outside; outside, out of; A mansion and its...

Definitions

  1. outside; outside, out of; A mansion and its...

Ancestry of “buiten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbuten
2Old Dutchbūtan
3Proto-West Germanic*biūtanoutside, externally

Words derived from “buiten

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan
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