Where does “Ausweichmanöver” come from?
Ausweichmanöver (German) comes from German ausweichen, 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.
Ausweichmanöver (German): evasive maneuver
Definitions
- evasive maneuver
Ancestry of “Ausweichmanöver”, step by step
Ausweichmanöver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ausweichen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ausweichen | to dodge, to avoid (hitting), to (just) miss, to swerve around |
| 2 | German | aus- | out- |
| 3 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 4 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 5 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 6 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Manöver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Manöver | maneuver |
| 2 | French | manœuvre | move, movement; operation, manoeuvre; manoeuvres |
| 3 | Old French | maneuvre | something done or crafted by hand |
| 4 | Latin | manuopera | work done by hand, handwork |
| 5 | Latin | manu | ablative singular of manus; by hand; with the... |
| 6 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |