Where does “ausspähen” come from?

ausspähen (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.

ausspähen (German): to spy out

Definitions

  1. to spy out

Ancestry of “ausspähen”, step by step

ausspähen 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 spähen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspähento peer, peek; to spy
2Middle High Germanspëhen—
3Old High Germanspehōnto peer, spy
4Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “ausspähen”

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