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Where does “gablet” come from?

gablet (English) comes from English gable, from Old French gable, from Old Norse gafl, from Proto-Germanic gabla-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰobʰ-lo-.

gablet (English): A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed...

Definitions

  1. A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed...

Ancestry of “gablet”, step by step

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 ǵʰobʰ-lo- →