Where does “Apfel” come from?

Apfel (German) comes from Middle High German apfel, from Old High German apful, from Proto-West Germanic applu, from Proto-Germanic aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl — apple.

Apfel (German): apple

Definitions

  1. apple

Ancestry of “Apfel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanapfelapple
2Old High Germanapfulapple
3Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
4Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

Words derived from “Apfel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl →Every word from Proto-Germanic aplaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic applu →
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