Where does “ahwistlian” come from?

ahwistlian (Old English) comes 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.

ahwistlian (Old English): to speak indistinctly

Definitions

  1. to speak indistinctly

Ancestry of “ahwistlian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishā-a-; away, out
2Old Englishar-—
3Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
4Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →