Where does “ausschalten” come from?

ausschalten (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.

ausschalten (German): to turn off, to switch off, to power down, to...

Definitions

  1. to turn off, to switch off, to power down, to...

Ancestry of “ausschalten”, 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 “ausschalten”

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