Where does “abord” come from?

abord (Middle English) comes from Middle English A, from Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

abord (Middle English): On board; into or within a ship or boat;...

Definitions

  1. On board; into or within a ship or boat;...

Ancestry of “abord”, step by step

abord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishA—
2Middle EnglishII (first-person singular subject pronoun)
3Old EnglishiċI
4Proto-West GermanicikI
5Proto-Germanic*ek—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

via Middle English bord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbordA board or slab; A piece of wood for writing...
2Old Englishbordboard, plank; table; shield
3Proto-West Germanicbordboard, plank
4Proto-Germanicburdąboard, plank; table
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

Words derived from “abord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ik →