Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uz-
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ud-s- (“up, out”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“up, out”); or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *u-s- (“off, from”), related to Latin au-, Sanskrit अव- (ava-, “off, down”). Etymologically identical with Proto-Germanic *uz (“out, out of”).
Prefix
*uz-
Derived terms
See also
Descendants
The descendants differ depending on whether the prefix was unstressed (in verbs) or stressed (in other parts of speech):
Stressed:
- Old English: or-
- Old Frisian: or-
- Old Saxon: ur-, or-
- Old Dutch: ur-, or-
- Old High German: ur-
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍃- (us-)
Unstressed: