Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablo

This Proto-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-Slavic

*àblo

Alternative forms

• *àblъ m

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbla, o-stem neuter derivative of *āˀbōl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, parallel to the form with an *-u- enlargement *ablъ. Relation of *ablo to the original consonant-stem is reminiscent of the relation of *bratrъ to Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Cognates include Lithuanian obuolỹs, Latvian ābols, Old Prussian woble, Old High German apful, Old Irish ubull.

Pan-Slavic range of the word evidenced by derived terms.

Noun

*àblo n

1. apple

Inflection

Declension of *àblo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àblo	*àblě	*àbla
genitive	*àbla	*àblu	*àblъ
dative	*àblu	*àbloma	*àblomъ
accusative	*àblo	*àblě	*àbla
instrumental	*àblъmь, *àblomь*	*àbloma	*àblȳ
locative	*àblě	*àblu	*àblě̄xъ
vocative	*àblo	*àblě	*àbla

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

nouns

• *ablušьko n (diminutive)
• *ablъka f (“apple”)
• *ablъko n (“apple”)
• *ablъkъ m (“apple”)

 

Related terms

nouns

• *ablonica f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *ablonь f (“apple tree”)
• *ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
• *abloňa f (“apple tree”)
• *ablušьko n (diminutive)
• *ablъ m (“apple”)
• *ablъka f (“apple”)
• *ablъko n (“apple”)
• *ablъkъ m (“apple”)
• *abolnica f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnišče n (“apple orchard”)
• *abolnь f (“apple tree”)
• *abolnъ m (“some tree”)

 

adjectives

• *ablonevъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьjь (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablonovъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *ablъčьnъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *ablъkovъ (“pertaining to apples”)
• *abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)
• *abolnovъ (“pertaining to some tree”)

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́бло n (jáblo), я́бол m (jábol)
  • Slovene: jablo n, jabel m
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jablo n
    • Czech: jablo n (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Old Polish: Jabłowo (toponym)
  • Slovincian: jablô n