abalom

Gaulish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl. Akin to Old Irish uball (Irish úll), Old English æppel (English apple) and Old Church Slavonic аблъко (ablŭko), all carrying the same meaning.

Noun

abalom

  1. an apple
  2. an apple tree

References

  • Xavier Delamarre (2003) Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, →ISBN, page 29
  • Ranko Matasović (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic, →ISBN, page 23
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