Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “abō-”

88 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European abō- — including ape, apelike, apish, aper, apeman, apeshit, apery, apishness.

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English (18)

Dutch (13)

German (12)

Danish (5)

Icelandic (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Afrikaans (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Old Norse (2)

West Frisian (1)

Swedish (1)

Old High German (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Slovak (1)

Slovene (1)

Polish (1)

Estonian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Czech (1)

North Frisian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Proto-Slavic (1)

Thai (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle English (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)