Where does “vorauslaufen” come from?

vorauslaufen (German) comes from German laufen, from Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

vorauslaufen (German): to run on ahead

Definitions

  1. to run on ahead

Ancestry of “vorauslaufen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlaufento walk; to jog; to run; to flow; to leak; to...
2Middle High Germanloufento run
3Old High Germanhloufan—
4Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan →