Where does “Abstumpfung” come from?

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

Abstumpfung (German): dulling, blunting, deadening

Definitions

  1. dulling, blunting, deadening

Ancestry of “Abstumpfung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabstumpfento blunt, dull, deaden
2GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
3Middle High Germanab—
4Old High Germanabof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
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