Where does “āband” come from?

āband (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

āband (Old High German): evening

Definitions

  1. evening

Ancestry of “āband”, step by step

āband traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic ābanþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
2Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

via Proto-Germanic ēbandaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicēbandazevening
2Proto-Indo-Europeanepiafter, behind

Words derived from “āband”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →