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

*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
genitive	*àbla	*àblu	*àblъ
dative	*àblu	*àbloma	*àblomъ
accusative	*àblo	*àblě	*àbla
instrumental	àblъmь, àblomь^*	*àbloma	*àblȳ
locative	*àblě	*àblu	*àblě̄xъ
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

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: Jabłowo (toponym)
- Slovincian: jablô 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, →ISSN, page 25
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 41
Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 146

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[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, →ISSN, page 25

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ablo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 41

[3] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablo”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 146