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Where does “Abwicklung” come from?

Abwicklung (German) comes from German abwickeln, 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.

Abwicklung (German): handling, processing, implementation;...

Definitions

  1. handling, processing, implementation;...

Ancestry of “Abwicklung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabwickelnto unwind; to wind up
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—
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