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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ablo

This Proto-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-Slavic

Alternative forms

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]

  1. apple

Inflection

Derived terms

nouns
nouns
adjectives

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
    • Slovincian: jȧ̃blɵ n

References

  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
  2. 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
  3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), ablo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 146
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