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Where does “außerbewusst” come from?

außerbewusst (German) comes from German außer, from Middle High German ūȥer, from Old High German ūȥar, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

außerbewusst (German): unconscious

Definitions

  1. unconscious

Ancestry of “außerbewusst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaußeroutside of; out of; except; besides; apart from;...
2Middle High Germanūȥer—
3Old High Germanūȥar—
4Old High Germanūzout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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