Where does “abteilen” come from?

abteilen (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.

abteilen (German): to divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section

Definitions

  1. to divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section

Ancestry of “abteilen”, 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 “abteilen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from German ab- →