Where does “ab” come from?
ab (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.
Ancestry of “ab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |