Where does “appel” come from?

appel (Middle English) comes from Old English æppel, from Proto-West Germanic applu, from Proto-Germanic aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl — apple.

appel (Middle English): fruit, nut; apple; ball; spheroid

Definitions

  1. fruit, nut; apple; ball; spheroid

Ancestry of “appel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæppelfruit; apple; ball, sphere
2Proto-West Germanicappluapple, fruit
3Proto-Germanicaplazapple, fruit
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

Words derived from “appel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl →