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Where does “uitspreken” come from?

uitspreken (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.

uitspreken (Dutch): to pronounce; to announce; to speak out

Definitions

  1. to pronounce; to announce; to speak out

Ancestry of “uitspreken”, 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

Words derived from “uitspreken”

  • uitspreking
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