Where does “ausdenken” come from?

ausdenken (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.

ausdenken (German): to come up with, to think up, to make up (a story, a plan, a strategy, lies etc.)

Definitions

  1. to come up with, to think up, to make up (a story, a plan, a strategy, lies etc.)

Ancestry of “ausdenken”, step by step

ausdenken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Aus

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

via German denken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandenkento think; to think about; not to forget; to...
2Middle High Germandenken—
3Old High Germandenkento think
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think

Words derived from “ausdenken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →