abkommen

Etymology
From, from , from +.

The sense "grow gaunt" is attested since the 15th century as a shortening of the phrase "vom Fleisch abkommen". The specifically use is a loan meaning from.

Verb

 * 1)  to come from, to derive from
 * 2) to stray from (something)
 * 3) to unintentionally stray from (a chosen course)
 * ein Bus ist von der Straße abgekommen
 * 1) * 1816, the Brothers Grimm, Deutsche Sagen (Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin
 * "de"
 * "de"

- Nun trug es sich zu, daß ein Fürst auf der Jagd war, einem Wild nacheilte und von seinen Dienern abkam, also daß er einen Tag und eine Nacht im Walde herumirrte.


 * 1) to digress from (a goal or subject)
 * du bist vom Thema abgekommen
 * 1) to abandon
 * 2)  to start (a competition, event, etc) (in a particular way)
 * 3) to free oneself
 * 4) to get away, to tear oneself away (from an activity)
 * von seinem Dienst abkommen
 * 1) to turn from, to estrange oneself from (someone)
 * 2) to get clear of (something or someone), to get or be free of
 * 3) to go out of style to become disused or obsolete
 * 4)  to grow thin and gaunt, to go to rack
 * 5)  to (be filled with and) carry water
 * 6)  to (unexpectedly) form or arise and draw near
 * 1) to go out of style to become disused or obsolete
 * 2)  to grow thin and gaunt, to go to rack
 * 3)  to (be filled with and) carry water
 * 4)  to (unexpectedly) form or arise and draw near