Where does “vermöbeln” come from?

vermöbeln (German) comes from German Möbel, from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

vermöbeln (German): to beat up

Definitions

  1. to beat up

Ancestry of “vermöbeln”, step by step

vermöbeln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Möbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMöbelfurniture; piece of furniture
2Middle Frenchmeuble
3Latinmōbilismovable, loose
4Latin-bilis-ble
5Proto-Italic-ðlisForms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

via German ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanver- -enForms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom