Where does “abo” come from?

abo (Upper Sorbian) comes from Crimean Tatar abonement, from French abonnement, from French abonner, from Old French aboner, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.

abo (Upper Sorbian): or

Definitions

  1. or

Ancestry of “abo”, step by step

abo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Crimean Tatar abonement

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarabonementsubscription; season ticket
2Frenchabonnementsubscription
3FrenchabonnerTo subscribe somebody to a service; to take a...
4Old Frenchaboner
5Old Frenchbodne
6Medieval Latinbodina
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Proto-Slavic *abo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*aboor
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn