Where does “apa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “apa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “apa”

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