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

Zeitausgleich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ausgleich

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 Englishouteout
7Old Englishūtout
8Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
9Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt