gevel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣeː.vəl/
gevel (file) - Hyphenation: ge‧vel
- Rhymes: -eːvəl
Derived terms
- achtergevel
- gevelbeklimmer
- gevelgrauw
- gevelkachel
- gevellijst
- gevelmuur
- gevelsteen
- gevelteken
- geveltoerist
- geveltrap
- halsgevel
- klimaatgevel
- klokgevel
- klokkengevel
- krulgevel
- lijstgevel
- nepgevel
- pilastergevel
- puntgevel
- rolwerkgevel
- schijngevel
- schoudergevel
- topgevel
- trapgevel
- tuitgevel
- tussengevel
- vliesgevel
- volutengevel
- voorgevel
- zijgevel
- zuilengevel
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gebla(n)- ~ *gabla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒeƀ(e)lōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 130
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