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Where does “Dibble” come from?

Dibble is an English word of uncertain origin, possibly related to the Old French name Tibaut, though the semantic connection remains unclear.

Ancestry of “Dibble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTheobald—
2Proto-Germanic*Þeudubalþ—
3Proto-Germanic*balþ—
4Proto-Germanicbalþazstrong, bold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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