[[*Etyma]] [[fruits]] *** ## Etymology ||| |-|-|-| Wiktionary | [*h₂ébōl](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9b%C5%8Dl#Proto-Indo-European) `*h₂ébl̥` / `*h₂eph₃ol-`| "apple" [[Calin]] | `*ā́bl̥` (originally `*ā́ml̥`?), coll. `*ábōl` | "apple" Pokorny | `*ā̆bel-`, `*ā̆bō̆l-`, `*abel-` | "apple" ### Reflexes (maybe Ht. samlu-) Sogd. ‘mn’k; Pashto maṇá-; Shughni mūn (< *amarna(ka-) < *abl̥-nā-); Ir. ubull; Ga., old W TN Aballo; W afal; Br. aval; Osc. TN Abella; ON epli; CrimGoth. apel; OE æppel (> E apple); OHG apful (> Germ. Apfel); Pr. woble; Lith. óbuolas; Lv. âbols; OSl. (j)ablūko; comp. Ht. KBo III 46+ Ro. 12f samluwanz gakus-(s)mus [dāu “let the apple take (away) his teeth” and OE ASC B 4.34 “the apple destroyed the adder’s venom (æppel nǣdran āttor)”, i.e. the negative effect of a serpent’s teeth (Watkins 1995, pp. 425-428). ### Poetics [[■GOLDEN-APPLES]] ### Synonyms *méh₂lom ## Biblio [[piwowarczyk2014]] [[bjorn2017]]: item 42 [[watkins1995]]: ch43.2 "Applied myth as charm"