Where does “ūt” come from?
ūt (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
Ancestry of “ūt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |