Where does “Abfertigungsschalter” come from?

Abfertigungsschalter (German) comes from German Abfertigung, from German abfertigen, 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.

Abfertigungsschalter (German): dispatch counter

Definitions

  1. dispatch counter

Ancestry of “Abfertigungsschalter”, step by step

Abfertigungsschalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abfertigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbfertigungact of finishing; dispatch; clearance
2GermanabfertigenTo make ready for dispatch
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 Schalter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchalteragent noun of schalten
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from German ab-