Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/abolnь

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative forms

*àblonь

Etymology

From Early Proto-Slavic *ā́˙balni,^[1] inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbōlnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebōl-n-is, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple”). Cognates include Lithuanian obeli̇̀s, Old Prussian wobalne, Proto-Celtic *abalnā.

Noun

*àbolnь f^[2]^[3]^[4]

(botany) apple tree (any plant of the genus Malus)

Declension

Declension of *àbolnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àbolnь	*àbolni	*àbolni
genitive	*àbolnī	àbolnьju, àbolňu^*	àbolnьjь, àbolnī^*
dative	*àbolni	*àbolnьma	*àbolnьmъ
accusative	*àbolnь	*àbolni	*àbolni
instrumental	àbolnьjǫ, àbolňǭ^*	*àbolnьma	*àbolnьmī
locative	*àbolnī	àbolnьju, àbolňu^*	*àbolnьxъ
vocative	*abolni	*àbolni	*àbolni

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

nouns

adjective

*abolnьnъ (“pertaining to apple trees”)

Related terms

nouns

*ablo n (“apple”)
*ablonica f (“apple tree”)
*ablonišče n (“apple orchard”)
*ablonьje n (“apple trees”)
*ablušьko n (diminutive)
*ablъ m (“apple”)
*ablъka f (“apple”)
*ablъko n (“apple”)
*ablъkъ m (“apple”)

adjective

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ꙗблань (jablanĭ), аблань (ablanĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: аблань (ablanĭ), ꙗблань (jablanĭ), облань (oblanĭ) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: я́блан (jáblan), ябла́н (jablán), абла́н (ablán); абле́н (ablén), ябле́н (jablén) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја̏бла̄н
  
  Latin script: jȁblān
- Slovene: jáblan, jáblana (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jablan
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jabołń (dialectal)

References

^ Klotz, Emanuel (2017) Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 65
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “ablonь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 42
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àboln; *àblon”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “ablonь : ablanь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 146

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “яблоня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Snoj, Marko (2016) “jablana”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “я́блуко”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 529
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “jabłoń”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 202