šunobelė

Lithuanian

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European plant name, compound of *ḱwṓ, *ḱun- (“dog”) and *h₂ébōl (“apple”), whence respectively Lithuanian šuo and obuolỹs, also found in Dacian κινούβοιλα (kinoúboila) and Thracian sinupyla, dinupula (“bryony”).[1] Orel disputedly further connects this to Albanian thënukël (“dogberry”).[2]

Noun

šùnobelė f

  1. buckthorn

Declension

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References
  1. “obelìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 824 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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