Reconstruction:Oscan/πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‹πŒ€

This Oscan 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.

Oscan

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Etymology

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Virgil calls the city mālifera (β€œapple-bearing”):

This has made many scholars connect the toponym to Proto-Indo-European *hβ‚‚Γ©bōl (β€œapple”).[1]

Alternatively possibly related to Latin aper (β€œboar”).[2]

Proper noun

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*πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‹πŒ€ β€’ (*abella)Β f

  1. Abella, today's Avella (a town in Campania)

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Descendants

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  • β†’ Latin: Abella

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œAbella”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 20
  2. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 60