Where does “gafel” come from?

gafel (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, from Proto-Celtic gabalos, from Proto-Indo-European gʰabʰlos — fork, branch of tree.

gafel (Middle Dutch): fork

Definitions

  1. fork

Ancestry of “gafel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgabulufork; pitchfork
2Gaulishgabalos—
3Proto-Celticgabalosfork, forked branch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰabʰlosfork, branch of tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰabʰlos →Every word from Proto-Celtic gabalos →Every word from Gaulish gabalos →