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) pliers === Mutation === == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *geβ̃ell, from Latin gemellus. Compare Welsh gefell and Breton gevell. === Noun === gevel m (plural gevellas or gevellyon) twin ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == 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/ Hyphenation: ge‧vel Rhymes: -eːvəl === Noun === gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n) (architecture) façade (of a building) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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