Where does “ā-” come from?

ā- (Old English) comes 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.

ā- (Old English): a-; away, out

Definitions

  1. a-; away, out

Ancestry of “ā-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishar-—
2Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
3Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “ā-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →