Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ā́ˀbōl

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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.

Proto-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *abūl and Proto-Germanic *aplaz (whence English apple).

Noun edit

*ā́ˀbōl m[1][2]

  1. apple

Descendants edit

  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: uobeļs m
    • Latvian: ābols m
    • Lithuanian: obuolỹs m
  • West Baltic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *àblo n (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Slavic: *àblъko n (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àblo; *àblъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 25:aʔb-ōl-s; *aʔb-l-o
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “obuolys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 339:aʔbōls; *aʔblo