@article{6da602bf-3d81-41cb-a370-bcab8457306f,
author = {Dariusz R. Piwowarczyk},
title = {The Proto-Indo-European root for ‘apple’ and the problem of comparative reconstruction},
journal = {Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia},
volume = {2014},
number = {Volume 19, Issue 3},
year = {2014},
issn = {1427-8219},
pages = {161-167},keywords = {etymology; Proto-Indo-European; Wanderwort; loanwords},
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.},
doi = {10.4467/20843836SE.14.009.1652},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/artykul/the-proto-indo-european-root-for-apple-and-the-problem-of-comparative-reconstruction}
}