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Where does “herausziehen” come from?

herausziehen (German) comes from German heraus-, 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 — out, outward.

herausziehen (German): to pull out

Definitions

  1. to pull out

Ancestry of “herausziehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanheraus-A prefix, conveying a movement out of something
2Germanaus-out-
3GermanAusan out; the end of play for an individual or a...
4EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
5Middle Englishoute—
6Old Englishūtout
7Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
8Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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