Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gabalō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Celtic. Compare Old Irish gabul.

Noun

*gabalō f

fork
Synonym: *furkô

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *gabalō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gabalō	*gabalôz
vocative	*gabalō	*gabalôz
accusative	*gabalǭ	*gabalōz
genitive	*gabalōz	*gabalǫ̂
dative	*gabalōi	*gabalōmaz
instrumental	*gabalō	*gabalōmiz

Descendants

Old English: gafol, ġeafel, ġeafle
- ⇒ Old English: gafeloc
  - Middle English: gavillok, gavelock, gaiflock
    - Scots: gavelock
    - English: gavelock
Old Saxon: gavala, gafila
- Middle Low German: gaffel, gaffele
  - Plautdietsch: Gaufel
  - → Danish: gaffel
    - → Faroese: gaffil
    - → Icelandic: gaffall
  - → Elfdalian: gaffel
  - → Gutnish: gaffel, gafful
  - → Norwegian: gaffel
  - → Swedish: gaffel
    - → Finnish: kahveli
Old Dutch: *gavala, *gafila
- Middle Dutch: gavele, gaffele
  - Dutch: gavel, gaffel
    - Afrikaans: gaffel
  - Limburgish: gaffel
  - → Middle English: gaffolle
    - English: gaffle
Old High German: gabala
- Middle High German: gabele, gabel
  - Alemannic German: Gable
  - German: Gabel
    - → German Low German: Gabel
    - → North Frisian: goobel
  - Luxembourgish: Gafel (< northern Middle High German gaffel)
  - Yiddish: גאָפּל‎ (gopl)

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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