Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gabla- (top), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰobʰ-lo-, from the stem *ǵʰebʰ-l-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, pinnacle), Old High German gebal, Middle High German gebel, Tocharian A śpāl (head), and Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, head).

Noun

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gafl m (genitive gafls, plural gaflar)

  1. gable
  2. gable end

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gafl
  • Faroese: galvur
  • Norn: gabel, gevel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gavl
  • Swedish: gavel
  • Danish: gavl
  • Old French: gable

References

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  • de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 152
  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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