Where does “āpe” come from?
āpe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon apo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.
Ancestry of “āpe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | apo | ape |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | apō | ape, monkey |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | apô | ape, monkey |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | abō- | ape |