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Where does “Zeitausgleich” come from?

Zeitausgleich (German) comes from German Ausgleich, from German ausgleichen, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.

Zeitausgleich (German): bonus time, comp time, compensatory time

Definitions

  1. bonus time, comp time, compensatory time

Ancestry of “Zeitausgleich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusgleichcompensation; hotchpot; equalizer, tie
2Germanausgleichento balance; to compensate
3Germanaus-out-
4GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
5EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
6Middle Englishoute—
7Old Englishūtout
8Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
9Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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