Where does “afpeigeren” come from?

afpeigeren (Dutch) comes from Dutch af, from Middle Dutch af, from Old Dutch af, from Proto-Germanic ab, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

afpeigeren (Dutch): to tire out, to exhaust, to wear out

Definitions

  1. to tire out, to exhaust, to wear out

Ancestry of “afpeigeren”, step by step

afpeigeren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchafoff; off, from; finished, done
2Middle Dutchafoff, out, away; of, about
3Old Dutchaf—
4Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from

via Dutch peigeren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpeigerento die; to kill
2Yiddishפּגרן—
3Yiddishפּגרcarcass, cadaver
4Hebrewפֶּגֶרcorpse, carcass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Germanic ab →Every word from Old Dutch af →