Where does “auseinandernehmen” come from?

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

auseinandernehmen (German): to dismantle

Definitions

  1. to dismantle

Ancestry of “auseinandernehmen”, step by step

auseinandernehmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German auseinander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanauseinanderapart
2Germanaus-out-
3GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
4EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
5Middle Englishouteout
6Old Englishūtout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German nehmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannehmento take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
2Middle High Germannëmento take
3Old High Germannemanto take
4Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
5Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
6Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd