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Where does “ūȥer” come from?

ūȥer (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ūȥar, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Ancestry of “ūȥer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanūȥar—
2Old High Germanūzout
3Proto-West Germanic*ūt—
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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