Where does “אַפֿע” come from?

אַפֿע (Yiddish) comes 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.

אַפֿע (Yiddish): ape, monkey

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey

Ancestry of “אַפֿע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanaffesimian
2Old High Germanaffomonkey; ape
3Proto-West Germanicapōape, monkey
4Proto-Germanicapôape, monkey
5Proto-Indo-Europeanabō-ape

Words derived from “אַפֿע”

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