Where does “apa” come from?

apa (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

apa (Old English): monkey, ape

Definitions

  1. monkey, ape

Ancestry of “apa”, step by step

apa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic apō

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

via Proto-Germanic *apō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*apōape, monkey

Words derived from “apa”

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