Where does “yevel” come from?

yevel (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeafel, from Proto-West Germanic gabulu, from Gaulish gabalos, from Proto-Celtic gabalos, from Proto-Indo-European gʰabʰlos — fork, branch of tree.

yevel (Middle English): pitchfork gardening tool

Definitions

  1. pitchfork gardening tool

Ancestry of “yevel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeafel—
2Proto-West Germanicgabulufork; pitchfork
3Gaulishgabalos—
4Proto-Celticgabalosfork, forked branch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰabʰlosfork, branch of tree

Words derived from “yevel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰabʰlos →Every word from Proto-Celtic gabalos →Every word from Gaulish gabalos →