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Where does “Affe” come from?

Affe (German) comes from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

Affe (German): monkey or ape; ellipsis of Fellaffe, a kind of...

Definitions

  1. monkey or ape; ellipsis of Fellaffe, a kind of...

Ancestry of “Affe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
2Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
3Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “Affe”

  • Löwenäffchen
  • Äffchen
  • Äffin
  • Menschenaffe
  • Lisztäffchen
  • Maulaffe
  • Affenjacke
  • Affenarschloch
  • Affenente
  • Klammeraffe
  • Lackaffe
  • małpa
  • ahv
  • מאַלפּע
  • afna
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