Where does “Auseinandersetzung” come from?

Auseinandersetzung (German) comes from German auseinandersetzen, from German auseinander-, from German auseinander, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt — out, outward.

Auseinandersetzung (German): dealing; conflict, dispute

Definitions

  1. dealing; conflict, dispute

Ancestry of “Auseinandersetzung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanauseinandersetzento deal with
2Germanauseinander-A prefix bearing the meaning asunder or apart
3Germanauseinanderapart
4Germanaus-out-
5GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
6EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
7Middle Englishouteout
8Old Englishūtout
9Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
10Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd