Where does “Weggabelung” come from?
Weggabelung (German) comes from German Gabelung, from German gabeln, from German gabel, from Middle High German gabel, from Old High German gabala, from Proto-West Germanic gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, from Proto-Celtic gabalos — fork, branch of tree.
Weggabelung (German): fork i.e. in a road/path, fork in the road
Definitions
- fork i.e. in a road/path, fork in the road
Ancestry of “Weggabelung”, step by step
Weggabelung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gabelung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gabelung | fork, bifurcation |
| 2 | German | gabeln | to fork; to pitchfork; to fork; branch; branch... |
| 3 | German | gabel | inflection of gabeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Middle High German | gabel | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gabala | sparrow hawk |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | gabulu | fork; pitchfork |
| 7 | Gaulish | gabalos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | gabalos | fork, forked branch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰabʰlos | fork, branch of tree |