Where does “ou” come from?
ou (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian of, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
ou (Saterland Frisian): off; away
Ancestry of “ou”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | of | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |