Where does “affe” come from?

affe (German) comes from Middle High German affe, 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 (male or female or of unspecified sex)

Definitions

  1. monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)

Ancestry of “affe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanaffesimian
2Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “affe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →