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

Etymology

  • From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *abūl and Proto-Germanic *aplaz (whence English apple).[1][2]

    Noun

    *ā́ˀbōl m[1][2]

    1. apple

    Descendants

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

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àblo; *àblъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25:aʔb-ōl-s; *aʔb-l-o
    2. 2.0 2.1 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