sinupyla

Thracian

Alternative forms

dinupula
nupyla^{[n 1]}^[1]

Etymology

Also attested as Dacian κινούβοιλα (kinoúboila).^[1]^[2] From a Proto-Indo-European plant name, compound of *ḱwṓ, *ḱun- (“dog”) and *h₂ébōl (“apple”),^{[n 2]} whence also Lithuanian šunobelė (“buckthorn”),^[1]^[2]^[3] and disputedly also Albanian thënukël (“dogberry”).^[4] The initial ⟨s-⟩ ~ ⟨d-⟩ stands for [θ-] ~ [ð-], the expected satem outcome of the original *ḱ-.^{[n 3]} The shift of the [-a-] to [-u-] can be explained as regressive assimilation of the following vowel, written ⟨-y-⟩ ~ ⟨-u-⟩,^[1] though we cannot rule out a possible influence of the Dacian form, where such shift is expected.^[1]

Noun

sinupyla f

(Bessian) bryony
- 4th century CE, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarius (in Latin):
  […] Bessi [si]nupyla^{[n 1]} […]
  […] the Bessi [call this herb] sinupyla, […]
(Can we find and add a quotation of Pseudo-Apuleius to this entry?)

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 In the manuscript we indeed find Bessi nupyla, which is likely to be interpreted as a copyist mistake for Bessi [si]nupyla.
^ The devoicing of original *-b- to [-p-] is regular.
^ Such outcome is curiously not observed in the Dacian form. See there for possible explanations.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) “dinupula”, in Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians] (Bulgarische Sammlung; 5) (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 12
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Václav Blažek (2014) “Review of "Etymological dictionary of Proto-Germanic", by Guus Kroonen”, in Linguistica Brunensia‎^[1] (in Czech), volume 62, archived from the original on 24 March 2023, page 115
^ “obelìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 824 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177

[nupyla-1] 1.0 ^1.1 In the manuscript we indeed find Bessi nupyla, which is likely to be interpreted as a copyist mistake for Bessi [si]nupyla.

[4] The devoicing of original *-b- to [-p-] is regular.

[7] Such outcome is curiously not observed in the Dacian form. See there for possible explanations.

[Duridanov-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) “dinupula”, in Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians] (Bulgarische Sammlung; 5) (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, page 12

[Blazek-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Václav Blažek (2014) “Review of "Etymological dictionary of Proto-Germanic", by Guus Kroonen”, in Linguistica Brunensia‎^[1] (in Czech), volume 62, archived from the original on 24 March 2023, page 115

[ALEW-5] “obelìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 824 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

[Orel-6] Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[2], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177

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