Where does “a-strout” come from?
a-strout (Middle English) comes from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, 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.
Ancestry of “a-strout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | a- | up, out, away; of; on, in |
| 2 | Old English | ā- | a-; away, out |
| 3 | Old English | ar- | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |