Where does “gable” come from?

Gable comes from Old French gable, from Old Norse gafl, from Proto-Germanic gabla-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰobʰ-lo-.

gable (English): The triangular area at the peak of an external...

Definitions

  1. The triangular area at the peak of an external...

Ancestry of “gable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgable—
2Old Norsegaflgable; gable end
3Proto-Germanicgabla-top
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰobʰ-lo-—

Words derived from “gable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰobʰ-lo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gabla- →Every word from Old Norse gafl →