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 *abalom and Proto-Germanic *aplaz (whence English apple).

Noun

*ā́ˀbōl m[1][2]

apple

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latvian: âbols
- Lithuanian: obuolỹs
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: woble, wabelcke
Proto-Slavic: *àblo (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *àblъko (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”