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Where does “ungabled” come from?

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

ungabled (English): Not gabled

Definitions

  1. Not gabled

Ancestry of “ungabled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgabledHaving one or more gables
2EnglishgableThe triangular area at the peak of an external...
3Old Frenchgable—
4Old Norsegaflgable; gable end
5Proto-Germanicgabla-top
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰobʰ-lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰobʰ-lo- →