Where does “aboot” come from?

aboot (Scots) comes from Middle English aboute, from Old English onbūtan, from Old English on-, from Proto-West Germanic ana-, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, at; on, onto; ana.

aboot (Scots): outside; around, about; on the move, up and...

Definitions

  1. outside; around, about; on the move, up and...

Ancestry of “aboot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaboutearound
2Old Englishonbūtanabout, round about, all around
3Old Englishon-forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
4Proto-West Germanicana-Forming verbs and adjectives from participles and...
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana

Words derived from “aboot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Old English on- →Every word from Old English onbūtan →