Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/apō

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *apô.

Noun

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*apō m

  1. ape, monkey

Reconstruction notes

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The word probably did not originally mean "ape", since Proto-West Germanic speakers probably had never encountered one, but that is the only meaning that is reconstructable from the descendants.

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *apō
Genitive *apini, *apan
Singular Plural
Nominative *apō *apan
Accusative *apan *apan
Genitive *apini, *apan *apanō
Dative *apini, *apan *apum
Instrumental *apini, *apan *apum

Descendants

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  • Old English: apa
    • Middle English: ape, eape, aape
      • English: ape
      • Scots: ape, aip
  • Old Frisian: *apa
    • North Frisian: aab (Föhr-Amrum), ååwe (Mooring)
    • Saterland Frisian: Oape
    • West Frisian: aap
  • Old Saxon: apo
    • Middle Low German: āpe
      • Low German: Ape
      • German Low German: Aap
      • Plautdietsch: Op
  • Old Dutch: *apo
  • Old High German: affo
    • Middle High German: affe
      • Alemannic German: Aff
      • Central Franconian:
        Hunsrik: Aff
      • German: Affe
      • Luxembourgish: Af
      • Rhine Franconian:
        Pennsylvania German: Aff
      • Yiddish: אַפֿע (afe)
  • Proto-Slavic: *opъ
    • Proto-Slavic: *opica (see there for further descendants)