Where does “ūʒer” come from?
ūʒer (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ūzaro, 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 “ūʒer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | ūzaro | — |
| 2 | Old High German | ūȥar | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |