Where does “ホワイトアウト” come from?

ホワイトアウト (Japanese) comes from English whiteout, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

ホワイトアウト (Japanese): whiteout

Definitions

  1. whiteout

Ancestry of “ホワイトアウト”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhiteoutA heavy snowstorm; a blizzard; Any weather...
2EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
3Middle Englishouteout
4Old Englishūtout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →