Reconstruction:Oscan/πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‹πŒ€

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This Oscan 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.

Oscan

Etymology

Virgil calls the city mālifera (β€œapple-bearing”):

This has made many scholars connect the toponym to Proto-Indo-European *hβ‚‚Γ©bōl (β€œapple”).[1]

Alternatively possibly related to Latin aper (β€œboar”).[2]

Proper noun

*πŒ€πŒπŒ„πŒ‹πŒ‹πŒ€ β€’ (*abellaf

  1. Abella, today's Avella (a town in Campania)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • β†’ Latin: Abella

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) β€œAbella”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, β†’ISBN, page 20
  2. ^ Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary, page 60