Where does “Urkunde” come from?

Urkunde (German) comes from Old High German urkundī, from Old High German ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Urkunde (German): document; certificate, legal instrument

Definitions

  1. document; certificate, legal instrument

Ancestry of “Urkunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanurkundī—
2Old High Germanur-thoroughly
3Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
4Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “Urkunde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →