Where does “afen” come from?

afen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Af, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

afen (Luxembourgish): to gape, to gawk

Definitions

  1. to gape, to gawk

Ancestry of “afen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “afen”

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