Where does “Abbildung” come from?

Abbildung (German) comes from German abbilden, from German ab-, from German AB, from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Abbildung (German): depiction, image, figure, picture, illustration;...

Definitions

  1. depiction, image, figure, picture, illustration;...

Ancestry of “Abbildung”, step by step

Abbildung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German abbilden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanabbildenTo portray, to depict, to picture; To map, to...
2Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
3GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
4Middle High Germanab—
5Old High Germanabof
6Proto-Germanic*ab—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via Hunsrik abbilde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hunsrikabbilde—

Words derived from “Abbildung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from German ab- →