Where does “avskrekke” come from?
avskrekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German abschrecken, 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.
avskrekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to deter, discourage, or dissuade
Definitions
- to deter, discourage, or dissuade
Ancestry of “avskrekke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | abschrecken | to discourage to take away or reduce the courage of, to daunt, to repel, to scare |
| 2 | German | ab- | Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or... |
| 3 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 4 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |