Where does “Op” come from?

Op (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Dutch āpe, from Old Saxon apo, from Proto-West Germanic apō, from Proto-Germanic apô, from Proto-Indo-European abō- — ape.

Op (Plautdietsch): ape

Definitions

  1. ape

Ancestry of “Op”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchāpe—
2Old Saxonapoape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European abō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic apô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic apō →