gafl

Old Norse

Etymology

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

gafl m (genitive gafls, plural gaflar)

  1. gable
  2. gable end

Descendants
  • Icelandic: gafl
  • Faroese: galvur
  • Norn: gabel, gevel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gavl
  • Swedish: gavel
  • Danish: gavl
  • → Old French: gable
    • → Middle English: *gable
    • French: gâble

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