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
Ancestry of “אָב”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |