Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/apō
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *apô.
Noun edit
*apō m
Reconstruction notes edit
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 edit
Masculine an-stem | ||
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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 |