Where does “äußerst” come from?

äußerst (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.

äußerst (German): extremely; second-person singular present of...

Definitions

  1. extremely; second-person singular present of...

Ancestry of “äußerst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanäußereouter, outside, exterior; utter; inflection of...
2Middle High Germanūʒer—
3Old High Germanūzaroouter
4Old High Germanūȥarapart from
5Old High Germanūzout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →