Where does “ausfragen” come from?

ausfragen (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ausfragen (German): to interrogate, to pump, to grill, to question, to pick someone's brain

Definitions

  1. to interrogate, to pump, to grill, to question, to pick someone's brain

Ancestry of “ausfragen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ausfragen”

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