Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/apô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.pɔːː/

Noun

*apô m [1]

ape, monkey

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *apô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*apô	*apaniz
vocative	*apô	*apaniz
accusative	*apanų	*apanunz
genitive	*apiniz	*apanǫ̂
dative	*apini	*apammaz
instrumental	*apinē	*apammiz

Descendants

Old English: apa
- Middle English: ape
  - Scots: ape, aip
  - English: ape
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
  - Plautdietsch: Op
Old Dutch: *apo
- Middle Dutch: āpe, aep
  - Dutch: aap
    - Afrikaans: aap
Old High German: affo
- Middle High German: affe
  - Alemannic German: Aff
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Aff
  - German: Affe
  - Luxembourgish: Af
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Aff
Old Norse: api m
- Icelandic: api m
- Faroese: apa f
- Norwegian: ape f, ape m
- Old Swedish: apa f
  - Swedish: apa c
- Danish: abe c
- Gutnish: ape, apå
→ Slavic: *opъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*apan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 31

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*apan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 31