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- Title
THE PROTO-INDO-EUROPEAN ROOT FOR 'APPLE' AND THE PROBLEM OF COMPARATIVE RECONSTRUCTION.
- Authors
PIWOWARCZYK, Dariusz R.
- Abstract
This article investigates the problem of the lexeme for 'apple' in the reconstructed Indo-European for which there are two roots possible, namely *meh2-lo and *h2ebol-, both meaning 'apple' or a fruit similar to it. The former has been usually taken as a borrowing while the latter as a true PIE root for 'apple'. However, there are problems with this assumption - the presence of the vowel */a/ and the consonant */b/, both of marginal status, and the attestation of this lexeme mostly in the North-West Indo-European languages. It is shown that the lexeme in question might actually be an ancient Wanderwort.
- Subjects
INDO-European etymology; COMPARATIVE linguistics; APPLES; LEXEME; LINGUISTICS research
- Publication
Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 3, p161
- ISSN
1427-8219
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4467/20843836SE.14.009.1652