köken: From Middle High German abwesende, abewesende, from Old High German abawesanti, present participle of Old High German abawesan (a calque of Latin abesse), but is chiefly restricted to Low German. Compare for this Dutch wezen (“to be”). The adjective stems from Middle Low German afwēsende and spreads southward during the 16th century.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic вънъ (vŭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ. Cognate with dialectal во́нки (vónki, “out”), Old Church Slavonic вънъ (vŭnŭ, “out”), Ukrainian во́нка (vónka, “out”), Bulgarian вън (vǎn, “out”) (also въ́нка (vǎ́nka)), Serbo-Croatian ва̏н (“out”), Slovene vèn (“out”) (tonal orthography), Czech ven (“out”), Slovak von (“out”), Old Polish wen (“out”), Upper Sorbian won (“out”),…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *dʰworéh₂ Proto-Italic *þworā Proto-Italic *fworā Latin *fora Latin -ās Latin forās Adverbial accusative of some obsolete noun *fora, from Proto-Italic *fworā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”), whence also forīs (“door”). Compare plūrifāriam, perperam