Where does “Abriss” come from?

Abriss (German) comes from German abreißen, 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.

Abriss (German): demolition; summary, outline

Definitions

  1. demolition; summary, outline

Ancestry of “Abriss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabreißento tear off; to tear down, to demolish
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—

Words derived from “Abriss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from German ab- →