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Where does “äußere” come from?

äußere (German) comes 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): outer, outside, exterior; utter; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. outer, outside, exterior; utter; inflection of...

Ancestry of “äußere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanūʒer—
2Old High Germanūzaro—
3Old High Germanūȥar—
4Old High Germanūzout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “äußere”

  • äußerst
  • Äußere
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