Where does “Abstoßung” come from?

Abstoßung (German) comes from German abstoßen, 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.

Abstoßung (German): repulsion; rejection

Definitions

  1. repulsion; rejection

Ancestry of “Abstoßung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabstoßento repel; to push
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 “Abstoßung”

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