Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gablā

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”)

Noun

*gablā f

1. fork

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gablā	*gablai	*gablās
vocative	*gablā	*gablai	*gablās
accusative	*gablam	*gablai	*gablāms
genitive	*gablās	*gablous	*gablom
dative	*gablāi	*gablābom	*gablābos
locative	*gablai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*gablābim	*gablābis

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gaβl
  • Old Breton: gabl
    • Breton: gaol
  • Cornish: gowl
  • Middle Welsh: gafl
    • Welsh: gafl
    • ⇒ Welsh: Yr Eifl (from the dual form *h(ɨ/e)nn ɣėβl < *sindī gablī < *sindai gablai)
• Old Irish: gabul
  • Irish: gabhal
  • Manx: goal
  • Scottish Gaelic: gobhal
• Gaulish: gabulum
  • → Old French: gable
    • French: gâble, jable
    • → English: gable
    • → Spanish: jable
    • → Galician: xabre
  • Vulgar Latin: gabalus
    • Old French: *javel, javelot, javelline
      • Middle English:
        • English: javelin
• → Proto-Germanic: *gabalō (see there for further descendants)