Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/apaliją

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *apliją

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *abel-, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple, apple-tree”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.pɑ.li.jɑ̃/

Noun

*apaliją n(North Germanic)

  1. apple
  2. fruit (having some qualities in common with apples)

Inflection

Declension of *apaliją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *apaliją *apalijō
vocative *apaliją *apalijō
accusative *apaliją *apalijō
genitive *apalijas, *apalīs *apalijǫ̂
dative *apalijai *apalijamaz
instrumental *apalijō *apalijamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: epli
    • Icelandic: epli
    • Faroese: epli (“apple, potato”)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: eple
    • Elfdalian: eppel
    • Old Swedish: æple
    • Old Danish: æplæ
    • Gutnish: äpple
    • → Greenlandic: iipili

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*apla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 31-2: “*aplja-”
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