gafl

From Proto-Germanic *gabla- (“top”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰobʰ-lo-, from the stem *ǵʰebʰ-l-. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle”), Old High German gebal, Middle High German gebel, Tocharian A śpāl (“head”), and Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”).

gafl m (genitive gafls, plural gaflar)

1. gable
2. gable end

• Icelandic: gafl
• Faroese: galvur
• Norn: gabel, gevel
• Norwegian Bokmål: gavl
• Swedish: gavel
• Danish: gavl
• → Old French: gable
  • → Middle English: *gable
    • English: gable
  • French: gâble

• de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 152
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

From Proto-Brythonic *gaβl, from Proto-Celtic *gablā. Cognate with Breton gaol, Irish gabhal, Scottish Gaelic gobhal.

gafl f (plural gaflau)

1. crotch

   Synonym: cesail morddwyd

2. crutch

   Synonyms: bagl, ffon fagl

3. fork

   Synonym: fforc

• hollti'r afl (“to do the splits”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “gafl”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gafl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies