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by arendtio 79 days ago
For those who don't know, 'Apfel' is the German word for Apple.
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And for those who did know that and want to know more, the shift from apple - apfel and water -> wasser happened during the High German consonant shift.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift