Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Reflecting a root *h₂pel-, possibly also in Latin pōpulus (poplar).[1] Alternatively from a Proto-Albanian *ašpella, whence Albanian shpel (black poplar), with assimilation of /-sp-/ to /-(p)p-/, characteristic of Laconian.[2]

Noun edit

ἀπελλόν (apellónn

  1. (hapax) black poplar
    Synonym: αἴγειρος (aígeiros)
    • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.5949:
      ἀπελλόν· αἴγειρος, ὅ ἐστι εἶδος δένδρου
      apellón; aígeiros, hó esti eîdos déndrou
      apellón: black poplar, which is a kind of tree

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀπελλόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
  2. ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 40

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