ab +kontrakt, first part is an abbreviation ofavbetaling(“installment”), verbal noun form ofavbetale(“to pay off”) with the suffix-ing. Last part fromLatincontractus(“collected, accomplished, contracted”), perfect passive participle ofcontrahō(“I draw, bring, contract”),both fromcon-, fromcum(“with, along with, at”), from Old Latincom, fromProto-Italic*kom(“with, along, at”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm(“beside, near, by, with”), possibly from*ḱe +and fromtrahō(“I drag, pull, trail”), fromProto-Italic*traɣō, possibly fromProto-Indo-European*tregʰ-(“to drag, pull?”), from*dʰregʰ-(“to run”).
ab-kontrakt m (definite singularab-kontrakten,indefinite pluralab-kontrakter,definite pluralab-kontraktene)