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Where does “Abmachung” come from?

Abmachung (German) comes from German abmachen, 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.

Abmachung (German): deal

Definitions

  1. deal

Ancestry of “Abmachung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabmachento remove; to agree
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—
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