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Where does “ausholen” come from?

ausholen (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.

ausholen (German): to haul off; to go far back

Definitions

  1. to haul off; to go far back

Ancestry of “ausholen”, 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 Englishoute—
5Old Englishūtout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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