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Where does “ernüchternd” come from?

ernüchternd (German) comes from German ernüchtern, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

ernüchternd (German): sobering, disillusioning, disappointing; present...

Definitions

  1. sobering, disillusioning, disappointing; present...

Ancestry of “ernüchternd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanernüchternto sober
2Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
3Middle High Germaner-—
4Old High Germanir-thoroughly
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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