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Where does “auferstehen” come from?

auferstehen (German) comes from German erstehen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

auferstehen (German): to be resurrected; to rise from the dead

Definitions

  1. to be resurrected; to rise from the dead

Ancestry of “auferstehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanerstehento buy; to arise
2Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
3Middle High Germaner-—
4Old High Germanir-thoroughly
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “auferstehen”

  • Auferstehung
  • wiederauferstehen
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