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Where does “abgehen” come from?

abgehen (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.

abgehen (German): to come off, come loose; to set off, set out; to...

Definitions

  1. to come off, come loose; to set off, set out; to...

Ancestry of “abgehen”, 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—
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