Where does “Abbildungsmaßstab” come from?

Abbildungsmaßstab (German) comes from German Abbildung, 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.

Abbildungsmaßstab (German): image scale

Definitions

  1. image scale

Ancestry of “Abbildungsmaßstab”, step by step

Abbildungsmaßstab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abbildung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbbildungdepiction, image, figure, picture, illustration;...
2GermanabbildenTo portray, to depict, to picture; To map, to...
3Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
4GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
5Middle High Germanab
6Old High Germanabof
7Proto-Germanic*ab
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó

via German Maßstab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaßstabscale; measure, criterion, yardstick
2Germanmaßfirst/third-person singular preterite of messen
3Middle High Germanmāz
4Old High Germanmāza
5Palimātugen/dat singular of mātar; alternative stem of...
6Proto-Germanicmētōmeasure; size
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó
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