Where does “Ausgleichssprache” come from?
Ausgleichssprache (German) comes from German Ausgleich, from German ausgleichen, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.
Ausgleichssprache (German): koiné
Definitions
- koiné
Ancestry of “Ausgleichssprache”, step by step
Ausgleichssprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausgleich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausgleich | compensation; hotchpot; equalizer, tie |
| 2 | German | ausgleichen | to balance; to compensate |
| 3 | German | aus- | out- |
| 4 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 5 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 6 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 7 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |