Where does “naus” come from?

naus (Proto-Italic) comes from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Ancestry of “naus”, step by step

naus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hinaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhinausout
2Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
3Old High Germanūzout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Proto-Indo-European néh₂us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “naus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →