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Where does “Ausschnitt” come from?

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

Ausschnitt (German): neckline; clipping, clip, cutting; detail

Definitions

  1. neckline; clipping, clip, cutting; detail

Ancestry of “Ausschnitt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanausschneidento cut out
2Germanaus-out-
3GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
4EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
5Middle Englishoute—
6Old Englishūtout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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