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Where does “gafl” come from?

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

gafl (Old Norse): gable; gable end

Definitions

  1. gable; gable end

Ancestry of “gafl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgabla-top
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰobʰ-lo-—

Words derived from “gafl”

  • gable
  • gabled
  • gablet
  • ungabled
  • gablelike
  • gable
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