Where does “Abneigung” come from?

Abneigung (German) comes from German abneigen, 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.

Abneigung (German): aversion

Definitions

  1. aversion

Ancestry of “Abneigung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabneigento turn away, to tilt away
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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from German ab- →