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Where does “abstrafen” come from?

abstrafen (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.

abstrafen (German): to punish, often out of vengefulness

Definitions

  1. to punish, often out of vengefulness

Ancestry of “abstrafen”, 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 “abstrafen”

  • Abstrafung
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