Where does “aap” come from?

aap (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch āpe, from Old Saxon apo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

aap (Dutch): A monkey, ape, simian; any member of the...

Definitions

  1. A monkey, ape, simian; any member of the...

Ancestry of “aap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchāpe
2Old Saxonapoape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “aap

Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō-