Where does “Augapfel” come from?

Augapfel (German) comes from Middle High German ougapfel, from Old High German ougapful, from Proto-West Germanic augapl, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

Augapfel (German): eyeball; apple of somebody's eye

Definitions

  1. eyeball; apple of somebody's eye

Ancestry of “Augapfel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanougapfel—
2Old High Germanougapfuleyeball
3Proto-West Germanicaugapleyeball
4Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
5Proto-Germanicaugôeye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic augô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic augā →