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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō-Every word from Proto-Germanic apôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic apō