Where does “api” come from?

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

api (Old Norse): ape, monkey; fool

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey; fool

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
2Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “api”

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