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Where does “ausbau” come from?

ausbau (English) comes from German Ausbausprache, from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.

ausbau (English): Constituting a standard; being standardized;...

Definitions

  1. Constituting a standard; being standardized;...

Ancestry of “ausbau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusbausprachestandard language
2Germansprāche—
3Middle High Germansprāche—
4Old High Germansprāhha—
5Proto-West Germanic*sprāku—
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