> Sparteye spies: the etymology: [<G autsch]

Yep. 'Autsch!' is one of the standard written forms for 'ouch' in German, which is pronouced much the same as in English (with 'Au!' much the same as 'Ow!'). I guess the written form was really taken from the German's crack at onomatopoeia. It's all pretty inexact at describing the sounds uttered when you wedge your fingers in a door by accident though, eh.
Has anyone ever come across a list of the written forms of human vocal exclamations before, btw?