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Where does “abklingen” come from?

abklingen (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.

abklingen (German): to fade away; to decay

Definitions

  1. to fade away; to decay

Ancestry of “abklingen”, 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 “abklingen”

  • Abklingzeit
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