Where does “úthluta” come from?

úthluta (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic út, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

úthluta (Icelandic): to allot, to allocate, to deal out, to apportion

Definitions

  1. to allot, to allocate, to deal out, to apportion

Ancestry of “úthluta”, step by step

úthluta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic út

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicútout
2Old Norseútout
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Icelandic hluta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichlutamasculine accusative indefinite singular of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Old Norse út →