Where does “Äußerlichkeit” come from?
Äußerlichkeit (German) comes from German äußerlich, from German außer, from Middle High German ūȥer, 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.
Äußerlichkeit (German): outwardness; formality; superficiality
Definitions
- outwardness; formality; superficiality
Ancestry of “Äußerlichkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | äußerlich | external, outward, extrinsic; externally,... |
| 2 | German | außer | outside of; out of; except; besides; apart from;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ūȥer | — |
| 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 |