Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/apô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite". Compare Proto-Celtic *abankos (“water creature”), from whence Welsh afanc and Breton avank (“beaver”), Middle Irish abacc (“dwarf”). Traditionally assumed to be an ancient loanword instead, ultimately probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

*apô m

1. ape, monkey

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *apô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*apô	*apaniz
vocative	*apô	*apaniz
accusative	*apanų	*apanunz
genitive	*apiniz	*apanǫ̂
dative	*apini	*apammaz
instrumental	*apinē	*apammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *apō
  • Old English: apa
    • Middle English: ape, eape, aape
      • English: ape
      • Scots: ape, aip
  • Old Frisian: *apa
    • North Frisian: aab (Föhr-Amrum), ååwe (Mooring)
    • Saterland Frisian: Oape
    • West Frisian: aap
  • Old Saxon: apo
    • Middle Low German: āpe
      • Low German: Ape
      • German Low German: Aap
      • Plautdietsch: Op
  • Old Dutch: *apo
    • Middle Dutch: āpe
      • Dutch: aap
        • Afrikaans: aap
  • Old High German: affo
    • Middle High German: affe
      • Alemannic German: Aff
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Aff

      • German: Affe
      • Luxembourgish: Af
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Pennsylvania German: Aff

      • Yiddish: אַפֿע (afe)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *opъ
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *opica (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: api m
  • Icelandic: api m
  • Faroese: apa f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: apa f, ape
  • Old Swedish: apa f
    • Swedish: apa c
  • Danish: abe c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ape f or m
  • Gutnish: ape, apå
• → Proto-Slavic: *opъ (see there for further descendants)