Where does “Aff” come from?

Aff (Pennsylvania German) comes from Rhine Franconian Aff, from Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

Aff (Pennsylvania German): ape; monkey; silly person

Definitions

  1. ape; monkey; silly person

Ancestry of “Aff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rhine FranconianAffape; monkey
2Middle High Germanaffesimian
3Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
4Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
5Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
6Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō-
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