gevel

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton gueuel, from Proto-Celtic *gabali, from *gablā (“fork”). Related to gaol (“fork”). Cognate with Cornish gevell and Welsh gefel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːvɛl/

Noun

gevel f (plural gevelioù)

1. pliers

Mutation

Mutation of gevel

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	gevel	c'hevel	unchanged	kevel
plural	gevelioù	c'hevelioù	unchanged	kevelioù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *geβ̃ell, from Latin gemellus. Compare Welsh gefell and Breton gevell.

Noun

gevel m (plural gevellas or gevellyon)

1. twin

Coordinate terms

• gevelles f

Derived terms

• gevelji (“semi-detached house”)

Mutation

Mutation of gevel

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gevel	evel	unchanged	kevel	hevel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣeː.vəl/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧vel
• Rhymes: -eːvəl

Noun

gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n)

1. (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

• Afrikaans: gewel
• → Indonesian: gewel
• → Papiamentu: gevel, hevel (dated)
• → West Frisian: gevel

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gebla(n)- ~ *gabla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 173
• Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ʒeƀ(e)lōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 130