Where does “Absichtserklärung” come from?

Absichtserklärung (German) comes from German Absicht, from German absehen, 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.

Absichtserklärung (German): letter of intent

Definitions

  1. letter of intent

Ancestry of “Absichtserklärung”, step by step

Absichtserklärung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Absicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbsichtintention; intent
2Germanabsehento foresee; to overlook, to disregard, to refrain
3Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
4GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
5Middle High Germanab
6Old High Germanabof
7Proto-Germanic*ab
8Proto-Indo-Europeanapó

via German Erklärung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErklärungexplanation; declaration, statement
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from German ab-
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