Baltic *balā ‘mud, bog, marsh’ at the Indo-European Backdrop

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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/article/view/2183/2287" target="_blank" >https://journals.lki.lt/actalinguisticalithuanica/article/view/2183/2287</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.35321/all87-01" target="_blank" >10.35321/all87-01</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Baltic *balā ‘mud, bog, marsh’ at the Indo-European Backdrop
Original language description
In this article the Baltic term *balá ‘mud, bog, marsh’ is analyzed from the point of view of its word-formation and etymology. The discussion of preceding etymologies leads to the choice of the cognates in Germanic *póla-, and possibly Continental Celtic *bolá, all ‘swamp, marsh’, plus newly the Slavic term *oNb(7)l7 ‘source, spring; well’ as *N-blo ‘unmuddy’ = ‘clear (water)’. The Germanic comparanda imply the rare initial *b-, for some linguists, namely representatives of the Leiden school, indicating the “non-Indo-European” origin. It is tested if the etymon could represent an extension in -l- from the root *gwebh- ‘marsh, swamp’ in the zero-grade of ablaut in agreement with the ideas of Alexander Lubotsky.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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