Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/abalnā

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

Derived from *abūl (“apple”).[1][2]

Noun

*abalnā f

  1. apple tree

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *abalnā *abalnai *abalnās
vocative *abalnā *abalnai *abalnās
accusative *abalnam *abalnai *abalnāns
genitive *abalnās *abalnous *abalnom
dative *abalnāi *abalnābom *abalnābos
locative *abalnai *? *?
instrumental *? *abalnābim *abalnābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *aβaln
    • Breton: avalenn
    • Cornish: avalen
    • English: Avalon
    • Welsh: afallen
  • Old Irish: aball
  • Gaulish: *aballo- (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Stifter, David (18 September 2019), “An apple a day ...”, in Indogermanische Forschungen, volume 124, number 1, pages 172-218
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*h₂eb-(e/ō̆)l-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 262-64
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