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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
GABLE.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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GABLE,
a peak of a house-top. (F.,—M. H. G.,—C.) M. E. gable,
Chaucer, C. T. 3573; P. Plowman, B. iii. 49.—O. F. gable, a rare
word cited by Stratmann; cf. Low Lat. gabulum, a gable, front of a
building; Ducange.—M. H. G. gabele, gabel (G. gabel), a
fork; cf. M. H. G. gebel, gibel (G. giebel), a gable; O. H. G. kapala,
kabala, a fork; gipil, gibil, a gable. + Icel. gafl, a
gable. + Dan. gavl, a gable. + Swed. gafvel, a gable; gaffel,
a fork. + Mœso-Goth. gibla, a gable, pinnacle; Luke, iv. 9. + Du. gevel, a
gable. β. The Teutonic form is GABALA (Fick, iii. 100); apparently a
dimin. form from a base GAB; but the whole word appears to be borrowed from
Celtic.—Irish gabhal, a fork, gable; Gael. gobhal, W. gafl, a
fork. See Gaff. Der.
gable-end.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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