Where does “abspringen” come from?

abspringen (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.

abspringen (German): to jump off; to abandon, leave in the lurch

Definitions

  1. to jump off; to abandon, leave in the lurch

Ancestry of “abspringen”, 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 “abspringen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →