Where does “Abfahrtstafel” come from?

Abfahrtstafel (German) comes from German Abfahrt, 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.

Abfahrtstafel (German): departure display departure board

Definitions

  1. departure display departure board

Ancestry of “Abfahrtstafel”, step by step

Abfahrtstafel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abfahrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbfahrtdeparture; downhill; ski slope
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 German tafel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantafelinflection of tafeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germantavel
3Old High Germantavala
4Old Italiantavola
5Latintabulatablet, sometimes a tablet covered with wax for...
6Proto-Italic*taðlāboard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó