Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gabulu
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
- *gabalu
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, something forked”) (i.e. a road or branch).[1]
Noun
*gabulu f[2]
Inflection
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gabulu | |
| Genitive | *gabulā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gabulu | *gabulō |
| Accusative | *gabulā | *gabulā |
| Genitive | *gabulā | *gabulō |
| Dative | *gabulē | *gabulōm, *gabulum |
| Instrumental | *gabulu | *gabulōm, *gabulum |
Descendants
- Old English: gafol, ġeafel, ġeafle
- Old Saxon: gavala, gafila
- Old Dutch: *gavala, *gafila
- Old High German: gabala, (northern) *gaffala (in mistgaffela)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page *gablo/ā- of 147-148
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *gabulu”
Further reading
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)