Where does “abb” come from?

abb (Middle English) comes from Old English āweb, from Old English a-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

Ancestry of “abb”, step by step

abb traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English āweb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāwebweft
2Old Englisha-from, away, off, out
3Old Englishar-—
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Old English āb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishāb—

via Old English ōweb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishōweb—

Words derived from “abb”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →
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