Where does “abschrecken” come from?

abschrecken (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.

abschrecken (German): to discourage to take away or reduce the courage of, to daunt, to repel, to scare

Definitions

  1. to discourage to take away or reduce the courage of, to daunt, to repel, to scare

Ancestry of “abschrecken”, 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 “abschrecken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →