Where does “aus” come from?

aus (German) comes from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

aus (German): out; over; finished; done; up; off

Definitions

  1. out; over; finished; done; up; off

Ancestry of “aus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanūzout
2Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “aus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →