Where does “abstreifen” come from?

abstreifen (German) comes from German streifen, from Middle High German streifen, from Old High German streifen, from Proto-Germanic straipijaną.

abstreifen (German): to slip off; to wipe; to wipe off; to strip off

Definitions

  1. to slip off; to wipe; to wipe off; to strip off

Ancestry of “abstreifen”, step by step

abstreifen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German streifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstreifento brush, to range; to swipe something
2Middle High Germanstreifen—
3Old High Germanstreifen—
4Proto-Germanicstraipijaną—

via Middle High German abestreifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanabestreifen—
2Old High Germanabastreifen—

Words derived from “abstreifen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic straipijaną →Every word from Old High German streifen →Every word from Middle High German streifen →