Where does “Auslassungszeichen” come from?

Auslassungszeichen (German) comes from German Auslassung, from German auslassen, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.

Auslassungszeichen (German): apostrophe; ellipsis

Definitions

  1. apostrophe; ellipsis

Ancestry of “Auslassungszeichen”, step by step

Auslassungszeichen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Auslassung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAuslassungomission
2Germanauslassento leave out, omit
3Germanaus-out-
4GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
5EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
6Middle Englishouteout
7Old Englishūtout
8Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
9Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German zeichen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzeichensign, token
2Old High Germanzeihhansign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol
3Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt