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Where does “Außerirdischer” come from?

Außerirdischer (German) comes from German außerirdisch, 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.

Außerirdischer (German): alien , creature not from Earth,...

Definitions

  1. alien , creature not from Earth,...

Ancestry of “Außerirdischer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaußerirdischextraterrestrial
2Germanaußeroutside of; out of; except; besides; apart from;...
3Middle High Germanūȥer—
4Old High Germanūȥar—
5Old High Germanūzout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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