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Zusammenfassung
This article presents hitherto overlooked evidence that suggests that the Old Irish word for the ‘apple’, ubull, was originally a neuter u-stem. This is then integrated into a general picture of the words for ‘apple’ in Celtic and Indo-European. Along the way, several other problems are discussed: it is demonstrated that the normal, if not regular, genitive plural of neuter u-stems in Old Irish had the ending -Ø; the rules for the operation of MacNeill’s Law after b /β/ are refined; and the question of the regular reflex of *su̯ in Old Irish is investigated.
Schlagwörter: Indo-European and Celtic *h₂ebol- ‘apple’; *h₂ebl̥neh₂- ‘apple-tree’; Old Irish ubull ‘apple’; Old Irish neuter u-stem inflection; MacNeill’s Law; *su̯in Old Irish; PIE l/n-heteroclitics
Online erschienen: 2019-09-18
Erschienen im Druck: 2019-09-18
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