TY - JOUR N2 - In the article the Slavic term * ǫb(ъ)lъ ‘source, spring; well’ is analyzed from the point of view of its word-formation and etymology. The discussion of preceding etymologies leads to the formulation of a new etymology, based on the internal analysis of * ǫ-b(ъ)lъ ‘source, spring; well’ as * n̥-bl̥o ‘unmuddy’ = ‘clear (water)’. The identified cognates in Baltic * balā, Germanic * pōla-, and possibly Continental Celtic * bolā, all ‘swamp, marsh’, imply the initial, ‘non-Indo-European’, * b-. Finally, it is tested, if the etymon could represent an extension in -l- from the root * gu̯ebh- ‘marsh, swamp’ in the zero-grade of ablaut. The answer is ‘yes’. L1 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/125796/PDF/2022-RSLW-07.pdf L2 - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/125796 PY - 2022 EP - 56 DO - 10.24425/rslaw.2022.142749 KW - Slavic KW - Baltic KW - Germanic KW - Celtic KW - source KW - umuddy KW - swamp A1 - Blažek, Václav PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - No LXXI DA - 2023.01.10 T1 - Slov. *ǫb(ъ)lъ SP - 41 UR - http://czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/125796 T2 - Rocznik Slawistyczny ER -