Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: ā̆bel-, ā̆bō̆l-, abel- 'apple'
Semantic Field(s): Apple
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celtic | ||||
| Irish: | abhal, ubhal | n | apple | CDC |
| Gaelic: | abhal, ubhall | n | apple | ASD/CDC |
| Manx: | ooyl | n | apple | CDC |
| Breton: | aval | n | apple | CDC |
| Cornish: | aval | n | apple | CDC |
| Old Welsh: | abal | n | apple | CDC |
| Welsh: | afal | n | apple | CDC |
| English | ||||
| Old English: | æp(pe)l, ap(pe)l | n.masc | apple | ASD |
| æppel-ðorn | n.masc | crab-apple (tree), lit. apple-thorn | ASD | |
| Middle English: | appel, ap(p)le | n | apple | CDC |
| eppel, epple | n | apple | CDC | |
| English: | apple | n | round, edible, usu. red/yellow pome fruit | AHD/W7 |
| Appledore | prop.n | Bree surname in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| dapple | n | (animal having) mottled/spotted marking | AHD | |
| dapple | vb | to spot, variegate with spots | AHD/CDC | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | appel | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| Frisian: | a(e)ple | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| North Frisian: | apel | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| Dutch: | appel | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| Old High German: | affal, affol, afful | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| apful | n.masc | apple | W7 | |
| aphal, aphol, aphul | n.masc | apple | CDC | |
| Middle High German: | apfel | n.masc | apple | CDC |
| German: | Apfel | n.masc | apple | TLL |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | *apall | n | apple | AHD |
| epli | n.neut | apple | CDC | |
| Norwegian: | eple | n | apple | CDC |
| Danish: | æble | n.neut | apple | CDC |
| Old Swedish: | æpl | n.neut | apple | CDC |
| Swedish: | äp(p)le | n.neut | apple | CDC |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Crimean Gothic: | apel | n | apple | CGo |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin: | Abella | prop.n | town where apple orchards originated? | CDC |
| Baltic | ||||
| Old Prussian: | woble | n | apple | CDC |
| Lithuanian: | obolys, obulas | n | apple | ASD/CDC |
| Latvian: | ābols | n | apple | CDC |
| Slavic | ||||
| Old Slavic: | ablŭko | n | apple | W7 |
| Polish: | jabłko | n | apple | CDC |
| Czech: | jabl(k)o | n | apple | CDC |
| Serbian: | yabuka | n | apple | CDC |
| Slovenian: | yabelko, yabolka | n | apple | CDC |
| Old Church Slavonic: | (y)ablŭko | n | apple | CDC |
| Bulgarian: | (y)ablŭka | n | apple | CDC |
| Russian: | yabloko | n | apple | CDC |
| Belorussian: | yabko | n | apple | CDC |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| masc | = | masculine (gender) |
| n | = | noun |
| neut | = | neuter (gender) |
| prop | = | proper |
| vb | = | verb |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) |
| ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
| CDC | = | W.D. Whitney and B.E. Smith: The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1889-1911) |
| CGo | = | MacDonald Stearns, Jr: Crimean Gothic (1978) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| TLL | = | Frederick Bodmer: The Loom of Language (1944) |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |