Where does “utthinsan” come from?
utthinsan (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
utthinsan (Old Dutch): to pull out
Ancestry of “utthinsan”, step by step
utthinsan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Dutch ūt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ūt | outside |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Old Dutch thinsan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | thinsan | to drag; to draw out, to extract |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þinsaną | to stretch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tens- | to stretch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |