Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gablā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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

fork

Inflection

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

Descendants

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: [Term?]
      - English: javelin
→ Germanic: *gabalō (see there for further descendants)

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