Where does “Abzockgebühr” come from?

Abzockgebühr (German) comes from German abzocken, 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.

Abzockgebühr (German): a rip-off fee

Definitions

  1. a rip-off fee

Ancestry of “Abzockgebühr”, step by step

Abzockgebühr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German abzocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabzockento rip off
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

via German Gebühr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGebührfee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from German ab-