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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablo
Proto-Slavic
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*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][2][3]
- apple
Inflection
Declension of *àblo (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *àblo | *àblě | *àbla |
Accusative | *àblo | *àblě | *àbla |
Genitive | *àbla | *àblu | *àblъ |
Locative | *àblě | *àblu | *àblě̄xъ |
Dative | *àblu | *àbloma | *àblomъ |
Instrumental | *àblъmь, *àblomь* | *àbloma | *àblȳ |
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: jabło n
- ⇒ Old Polish: Jabłowo (toponym)
- Slovincian: jȧ̃blɵ n
- Old Czech: jablo n
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
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 146