An apple a day …

• David Stifter ^[1]
  1. [1] National University of Ireland, Maynooth

     National University of Ireland, Maynooth

     Irlanda

     
• Localización: Indogermanische Forschungen, ISSN 0019-7262, Nº. 124, 2019, págs. 171-218
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.