Where does “Abgrund” come from?

Abgrund (German) comes from Middle High German abgrunt.

Abgrund (German): abyss

Definitions

  1. abyss

Ancestry of “Abgrund”, step by step

Abgrund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German abgrunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanabgrunt—

via Old High German abgrunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanabgrunti—

Words derived from “Abgrund”

Every word from Middle High German abgrunt →