Where does “ape” come from?

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

ape (Norwegian Bokmål): ape, monkey; to ape, mimic or imitate

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey; to ape, mimic or imitate

Ancestry of “ape”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ape”

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