Where does “erzählen” come from?

erzählen (German) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

erzählen (German): to tell, to narrate, to recount

Definitions

  1. to tell, to narrate, to recount

Ancestry of “erzählen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “erzählen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from German er- →
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