Where does “gable” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaflgable; gable end
2Proto-Germanicgabla-top
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰobʰ-lo-—

Words derived from “gable”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰobʰ-lo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gabla- →Every word from Old Norse gafl →
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