Where does “Jugendabteilung” come from?

Jugendabteilung (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.

Jugendabteilung (German): youth department

Definitions

  1. youth department

Ancestry of “Jugendabteilung”, step by step

Jugendabteilung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abteilung

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

via German Jugend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJugendyouth
2Middle High Germanjugent
3Old High Germanjugundyouth
4Proto-West Germanic*jugunþiyouth
5Proto-GermanicjugunþizThe state of being young; youth
6Proto-Germanicjuwuniþō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apóEvery word from Proto-Germanic *abEvery word from German ab-