Where does “bell-gable” come from?

bell-gable (English) comes from English Bell, from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic bellā, from Proto-Germanic bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

bell-gable (English): An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower

Definitions

  1. An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower

Ancestry of “bell-gable”, step by step

bell-gable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Bell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBella telephone utility; a Baby Bell
2Middle Englishbelle—
3Old Englishbellebell
4Proto-West Germanicbellā—
5Proto-Germanicbellǭbell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via English gable

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgableThe triangular area at the peak of an external...
2Old Frenchgable—
3Old Norsegaflgable; gable end
4Proto-Germanicgabla-top
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰobʰ-lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bellǭ →