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Where does “ablach” come from?

ablach (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish aball, from Proto-Celtic abalnā, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ébōl — apple.

ablach (Old Irish): carcass, corpse, carrion; having apple-trees

Definitions

  1. carcass, corpse, carrion; having apple-trees

Ancestry of “ablach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishaballapple tree
2Proto-Celticabalnāapple tree
3Proto-Celtic*abūl—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ébōlapple

Words derived from “ablach”

  • abhlach
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