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Where does “Rausschmeißer” come from?

Rausschmeißer (German) comes from German rausschmeißen, from German raus-, from German heraus-, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt — out, outward.

Rausschmeißer (German): bouncer; last dance

Definitions

  1. bouncer; last dance

Ancestry of “Rausschmeißer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrausschmeißento kick out
2Germanraus-A prefix, conveying a movement out of something
3Germanheraus-A prefix, conveying a movement out of something
4Germanaus-out-
5GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
6EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
7Middle Englishoute—
8Old Englishūtout
9Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
10Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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