Where does “Freudenabteilung” come from?

Freudenabteilung (German) comes from German Abteilung, from German abteilen, 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.

Freudenabteilung (German): joy division Nazi sex slave brothel

Definitions

  1. joy division Nazi sex slave brothel

Ancestry of “Freudenabteilung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbteilungdepartment; division; battalion
2Germanabteilento divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from German ab-