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).

Noun

*ā́ˀbōl m^[1]^[2]

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

^ 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”
^ 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”

[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] 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”

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