gafl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gabla- (“top”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰobʰ-lo-, likely derived from the stem Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰebʰ-l-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle”), Old High German gebal, Middle High German gebel, Tocharian A śpāl (“head”), and Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

gafl m (genitive gafls, plural gaflar)

Descendants

Icelandic: gafl
Faroese: galvur
Norn: gabel, gevel
Norwegian: gavl
Swedish: gavel
Danish: gavl

References

de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 152
Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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