Where does “utfus” come from?

utfus (Old English) comes from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

utfus (Old English): eager to leave, ready to depart

Definitions

  1. eager to leave, ready to depart

Ancestry of “utfus”, step by step

utfus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ūt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūtout
2Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
3Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Old English fūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfūsready, eager, striving forward, inclined to,...
2Proto-West Germanic*funsready to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →