Where does “abfangen” come from?

abfangen (German) comes 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.

abfangen (German): to intercept; to pull up; to pull an aircraft out...

Definitions

  1. to intercept; to pull up; to pull an aircraft out...

Ancestry of “abfangen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanab-Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or...
2GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
3Middle High Germanab—
4Old High Germanabof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “abfangen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →