Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/apō

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *apô.

    Noun

    *apō m

    1. simian (ape, monkey)

    Reconstruction notes

    • 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

    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

    • 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
    • → Proto-Slavic: *opъ
      • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *opica (see there for further descendants)
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