Where does “auswendig” come from?

auswendig (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.

auswendig (German): exterior, located on the outside

Definitions

  1. exterior, located on the outside

Ancestry of “auswendig”, step by step

auswendig 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 wenden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwendento turn something so as to cook or roast it from...
2Middle High Germanwenden—
3Old High Germanwentento turn
4Proto-West Germanic*wandijanto turn
5Proto-Germanicwandijanąto turn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →