Where does “Äffin” come from?
Äffin (German) comes from Latin affinis, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Äffin (German): monkey or ape
Ancestry of “Äffin”, step by step
Äffin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin affinis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | affinis | neighbouring, allied to, kindred |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via German affe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | affe | monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex) |
| 2 | Middle High German | affe | simian |
| 3 | Old High German | affo | monkey; ape |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | apō | ape, monkey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | apô | ape, monkey |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | abō- | ape |