Where does “abgleichen” come from?

abgleichen (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.

abgleichen (German): to verify congruence, to but check or collate or also level out

Definitions

  1. to verify congruence, to but check or collate or also level out

Ancestry of “abgleichen”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó