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Where does “abrufbar” come from?

abrufbar (German) comes from German abrufen, from German rufen, from Middle High German ruofen, from Old High German ruofan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

abrufbar (German): available, accessible, retrievable

Definitions

  1. available, accessible, retrievable

Ancestry of “abrufbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanabrufenTo access, fetch or retrieve
2Germanrufento call out; to shout; to cry; to shriek; to call...
3Middle High Germanruofen—
4Old High Germanruofanto call
5Proto-West Germanichrōpanto cry out, to call, to shout
6Proto-Germanichrōpanąto cry out, call, shout
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army
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