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

āpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon apo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonapoape
2Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
3Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

via Old Dutch apo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchapo—

Words derived from “āpe”

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