Where does “api” come from?

api (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse api, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

api (Icelandic): ape, monkey, simian; fool

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey, simian; fool

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseapiape, monkey; fool
2Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
3Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “api”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Old Norse api →
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