Where does “*abbjā” come from?
*abbjā (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic abjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epó — off, away.
Ancestry of “*abbjā”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | abjǭ | ebb |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |