Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gabulu

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

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Alternative forms

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  • *gabalu

Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Gaulish gabalos, gablos, from Proto-Celtic *gablā (fork, something forked) (i.e. a road or branch).[1]

Noun

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*gabulu f[2]

  1. fork
    Synonym: *furkō
  2. pitchfork

Inflection

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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

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page *gablo/ā- of 147-148
  2. ^ 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