affo

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *apō, whence also Old English apa, Old Norse api.

Noun

affo m

1. monkey
2. ape

Declension

Declension of affo (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	affo	affon, affun
accusative	affon, affun	affon, affun
genitive	affen, affin	affōno
dative	affen, affin	affōm, affōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: affe
  • Alemannic German: Aff
  • Central Franconian: Aff, Aap (Ripuarian)
    • Hunsrik: Aff
    • Luxembourgish: Af
  • East Central German: Aff
  • German: Affe
  • Rhine Franconian: Aff
    • Pennsylvania German: Aff
  • Yiddish: אַפֿע (afe)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “affo”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition