ałm

Sudovian

Etymology

Probably of Turkic origin, borrowed from Crimean Tatar alma or Karaim alma, further from Kipchak alma, from Proto-Common Turkic *alma (“apple”). Helimski suggested borrowing via Hungarian alma, but probably mediation is unnecessary, given the spread of Karaites and Lipka Tatars.[1][2]

Zinkevičius tried to find a connection with Lithuanian almė́ti (“to ooze, to leak, to fester”), almuõ (“pus”), which seems to be a false path.[3][4]

Other Baltic languages ​​retain the original word for “apple”, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ā́ˀbōl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Noun

ałm ?

  1. apple
    • 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 108:
      jabłko ‒ ałm
      apple

References

  1. ^ Witczak (2020), page 149
  2. ^ Helimski (2000), page 402
  3. ^ Zinkevičius (1984), page 9
  4. ^ Zinkevičius (1985a), page 69
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