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Reconstruction:Oscan/ππππππ
Oscan
Etymology
Virgil calls the city mΔlifera (βapple-bearingβ):
This has made many scholars connect the toponym to Proto-Indo-European *hβΓ©bΕl (βappleβ).[1]
Alternatively possibly related to Latin aper (βboarβ).[2]
Derived terms
- ππππππππ (abellans, βAbellan; of Abellaβ)
Descendants
- β Latin: Abella
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) βAbellaβ, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, βISBN, page 20
- Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 60
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