Where does “Halsausschnitt” come from?

Halsausschnitt (German) comes from German Ausschnitt, 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 — out, outward.

Halsausschnitt (German): neckline

Definitions

  1. neckline

Ancestry of “Halsausschnitt”, step by step

Halsausschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ausschnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusschnittneckline; clipping, clip, cutting; detail
2Germanausschneidento cut out
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 hals

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhalsneck
2Middle High Germanhals
3Old High Germanhalsneck
4Proto-West Germanichalsneck, throat
5Proto-Germanichalsazneck, throat
6Proto-Indo-Europeankólsos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd