Where does “Auslaufmodell” come from?

Auslaufmodell (German) comes from German Modell, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Auslaufmodell (German): something phased out or discontinued; a model of some merchandise which is still sold, but whose production has been (or will soon be) stopped

Definitions

  1. something phased out or discontinued; a model of some merchandise which is still sold, but whose production has been (or will soon be) stopped

Ancestry of “Auslaufmodell”, step by step

Auslaufmodell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Modell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanModellA model of an object; A theoretical model
2Italianmodellomodel; mould, mold; pattern
3Vulgar Latinmodellus
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German auslaufen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanauslaufento expire; to be no longer valid; to leak; to...
2Germanaus-out-
3GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
4EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
5Middle Englishouteout
6Old Englishūtout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus