Where does “abe” come from?

abe (Danish) comes from Old Norse api, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

abe (Danish): monkey; ape; mimic, ape

Definitions

  1. monkey; ape; mimic, ape

Ancestry of “abe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseapiape, monkey; fool
2Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
3Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “abe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →