Re: [tied] NEuropean IE for apple

Joao S. Lopes wrote:

> What's the correct stem for apple in Northern IE languages? What can be
> deduced ?

*h2ab(o)l-. The length in Balto-Slavic is believed to be due to Winter's
Law (i.e. conditioned by the following "plain" voiced stop).

> OE aeppel = OHG apful < *Germ. appola-

PGmc. *apla- (~ *aplu-?), with pre-liquid gemination in West Germanic.

> ON epli < *Germ. *aplijan? *apilan? <*abelon, *abelion ?
> Crimean Gothic apel < *?
> Old Irish ubull, Welsh afall, afal
> Old Slavic ablUko < *a:blu-ko-

Cf. also Slavic *abolnI 'appletree'.

Piotr

> Lithuanian obuolas Latvian a:buols < *a:bo:los
> Lithuanian obelis < *a:belis, a:belyos
> OPrussian woble < *a:bl-
> Abella, city that was called "malifera" by Virgil.