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Showing posts with label apple PIE proto-indo-european abel abl cognatives baltic gaulic german apfel abola avallo poish jablko serb jabuko welsh afal abalone pacific shellfish avella naples avallon france appleby appleford. Show all posts

Monday, 9 March 2009

Apple, melon and cognatives

the word apple originally come from PIE *abel/abl.

Cognatives in IE languages include

Baltic;abola
Gaulic;avallo
German;apfel
Polish;Jablko
Serb;Jabuko
Welsh;afal

the word abalone(a type of Pacific shellfish) is derived from a word related to apple

Placenames related to apple include

Appleby
Appleford
Avella,a town near Naples
Avallon, France