Etymology

auslaut

aus·laut
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Today it means: Synonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”). Full definition →

German Auslaut ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
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  1. German · borrowed fromAuslaute
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱlew-“to hear”
  3. German · borrowed fromAuslaut
  4. English todayauslaut

PIE word *úd Borrowed from German Auslaut, from aus- (prefix meaning ‘out’) + Laut (“sound”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”)). The plural form auslaute is borrowed from German Auslaute.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew- all →

listenloudleerlitheloudeSlavi

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.