Where does “æppelcyrnel” come from?

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

æppelcyrnel (Old English): pomegranate

Definitions

  1. pomegranate

Ancestry of “æppelcyrnel”, step by step

æppelcyrnel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English æppel

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

via Old English cyrnel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcyrnela kernel; a hard concretion in the flesh, an...
2Proto-West Germanic*kurnilkernel of a nut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl →Every word from Proto-Germanic aplaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic applu →