ałm

Sudovian

Etymology

Differs from other Baltic words, which are from Proto-Balto-Slavic *āˀbōl.

Most likely from Common Turkic *alma. Helimski claims it could have been borrowed via Hungarian alma, but Witczak argues it was more likely introduced by Karaites or Tatars.[1]
Zinkevičius: Possibly related to Lithuanian almė́ti (“to ooze”), almuõ (“pus”).[2]
Zinkevičius: Possibly related to Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon), Hittite 𒊭𒈠𒇻 (šamalu-, “apple”).

Noun

ałm

apple
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 108, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  jabłko — ałm
  jabłko — apple

References

K. T. Witczak (2020), “Ugrofinizmy w języku jaćwieskim [Finno-Ugric borrowings in Yatvingian]”, in Acta Baltico-Slavica (in Polish), →DOI, page 149: “3. Jaćw. ałm ‘jabłko’.”
Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, issue 1, page 69: “ałm ‘obuolys, l. jabłko’ 108.”

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