Where does “Abfahrtszeit” come from?

Abfahrtszeit (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.

Abfahrtszeit (German): time of departure, departure time of train, bus, ship etc

Definitions

  1. time of departure, departure time of train, bus, ship etc

Ancestry of “Abfahrtszeit”, step by step

Abfahrtszeit 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 Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from German ab- →