Where does “Urkundenhypothese” come from?

Urkundenhypothese (German) comes from German Urkunde, 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.

Urkundenhypothese (German): documentary hypothesis

Definitions

  1. documentary hypothesis

Ancestry of “Urkundenhypothese”, step by step

Urkundenhypothese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Urkunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUrkundedocument; certificate, legal instrument
2Old High Germanurkundī—
3Old High Germanur-thoroughly
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German Hypothese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHypothesehypothesis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →
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