Where does “אָב” come from?

אָב (Yiddish) comes from Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

אָב (Yiddish): off; away; from

Definitions

  1. off; away; from

Ancestry of “אָב”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanabof
2Proto-Germanic*ab—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old High German ab →