Where does “Ausgangspunkt” come from?
Ausgangspunkt (German) comes from German Ausgang, from Middle High German ūzgang, from Old High German ūzgang, from Proto-Germanic ūtgangaz, from Proto-Germanic gangaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰongʰ-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
Ausgangspunkt (German): origin, basis; starting point
Definitions
- origin, basis; starting point
Ancestry of “Ausgangspunkt”, step by step
Ausgangspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausgang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausgang | exit; output; outcome |
| 2 | Middle High German | ūzgang | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ūzgang | exit, outgang |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ūtgangaz | a going out, exit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |
via German Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |