Where does “abfiltern” come from?

abfiltern (German) comes from German AB, from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

abfiltern (German): To filter off

Definitions

  1. To filter off

Ancestry of “abfiltern”, step by step

abfiltern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German AB

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanABAbbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of...
2Middle High Germanab—
3Old High Germanabof
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via German filtern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfilternto filter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old High German ab →