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Dariusz R. Piwowarczyk
The Proto-Indo-European root for ‘apple’ and the problem of comparative reconstruction
SEC 19 (2014), 161–167

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.


BibTeX

@article{Piwowarczyk14,
author = {Piwowarczyk, Dariusz R.},
title = {The Proto-Indo-European root for ‘apple’ and the problem of comparative reconstruction},
journal = {Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia},
volume = {19},
year = {2014},
pages = {161–167}
}