gevel
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch , from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.
Pronunciation
Noun
gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n)
- (architecture) façade (of a building)
Derived terms
- achtergevel
- gevelbeklimmer
- gevelgrauw
- gevelkachel
- gevellijst
- gevelmuur
- gevelsteen
- gevelteken
- geveltoerist
- geveltrap
- halsgevel
- klimaatgevel
- klokgevel
- klokkengevel
- krulgevel
- lijstgevel
- nepgevel
- pilastergevel
- puntgevel
- rolwerkgevel
- schijngevel
- schoudergevel
- topgevel
- trapgevel
- tuitgevel
- tussengevel
- vliesgevel
- volutengevel
- voorgevel
- zijgevel
- zuilengevel
Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gebla(n)- ~ *gabla-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
- Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒeƀ(e)lōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130