Where does “Äußere” come from?
Äußere (German) comes from German äußere, from Middle High German ūʒer, from Old High German ūzaro, from Old High German ūȥar, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
Äußere (German): the outside, outer shell
Ancestry of “Äußere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | äußere | outer, outside, exterior; utter; inflection of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ūʒer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ūzaro | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ūȥar | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |