Where does “aus-” come from?

aus- (German) comes from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

aus- (German): out-

Definitions

  1. out-

Ancestry of “aus-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
2EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
3Middle Englishouteout
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “aus-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd