Where does “Schwangerschaftsabbruch” come from?

Schwangerschaftsabbruch (German) comes from German Abbruch, from German Bruch, from Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Old High German brehhan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Schwangerschaftsabbruch (German): induced abortion

Definitions

  1. induced abortion

Ancestry of “Schwangerschaftsabbruch”, step by step

Schwangerschaftsabbruch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Abbruch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbbruchdemolition; termination, discontinuation; abort
2GermanBruchbreak; fracture, rupture; breach
3Middle High Germanbruch
4Old High Germanbruh
5Old High Germanbrehhanto break
6Proto-West Germanicbrekanto break
7Proto-Germanicbrekanąto break
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

via German Schwangerschaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwangerschaftpregnancy
2German-schaft-ship, -hood
3Old High German-skaftship
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ-Every word from Proto-Germanic brekanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic brekan