Where does “Abschwächung” come from?

Abschwächung (German) comes from German abschwächen, from German AB, from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

Abschwächung (German): lessening, weakening, softening, attenuation act or process of making weaker

Definitions

  1. lessening, weakening, softening, attenuation act or process of making weaker

Ancestry of “Abschwächung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabschwächento abate, weaken, attenuate; to alleviate,...
2GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
3Middle High Germanab—
4Old High Germanabof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old High German ab →