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Where does “uitslapen” come from?

uitslapen (Dutch) comes from Dutch uit, from Middle Dutch uut, from Old Dutch ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

uitslapen (Dutch): to sleep in

Definitions

  1. to sleep in

Ancestry of “uitslapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitout, from the inside to the outside; out, off;...
2Middle Dutchuut—
3Old Dutchūtoutside
4Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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