Where does “yttertak” come from?

yttertak (Swedish) comes from Swedish ytter-, from Swedish yttre, from Old Norse ýtri, from Old Norse út, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

yttertak (Swedish): a roof

Definitions

  1. a roof

Ancestry of “yttertak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishytter-outer
2Swedishyttreouter, external, kept outside
3Old Norseýtriouter; outmost
4Old Norseútout
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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