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Where does “æppelbære” come from?

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

æppelbære (Old English): bearing apples; apple-bearing, fruit-bearing

Definitions

  1. bearing apples; apple-bearing, fruit-bearing

Ancestry of “æppelbære”, step by step

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