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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *gibla-z, *gibli-z, -ēn, *gafla-z, etc.
Meaning: gable
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Gothic: *gibla m. (n) `gable'
Old Norse: gafl m. `Giebelseite'
Norwegian: gavl
Swedish: gavel `Querwand'
English: gable
Middle Dutch: ghēvel m. `gevel, nok van een huis'
Dutch: gevel m.
Middle Low German: gēvel
Old High German: gibil(i) n. (m.) `Giebel, Vorderseite, Hirnschale, Schädel'; gibilla `Schädel, Haupt, Gipfel'; himil-gibil `Himmelsgipfel, -pol', nord-, sund-gibil `Nord-, Südpol' (11.Jh.); { gebal `Schädel, Kopf' }
Middle High German: gibel st. m. `Giebel'; gëbel st. m. `Schädel, Kopf; Giebel'
German: Giebel m.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *g'hebhal-
Meaning: top, head
Tokharian: A śpāl 'head', B śpālu 'superior, excellent' (PT *śpāl) (Adams 642)
Old Greek: kephalǟ́ f. `Kopf, Haupt'
Germanic: *gibl-a- m., *gibl-i- c., -an- m.,, *gafl-a- m., etc.
Russ. meaning: вершина, голова
References: WP I 571
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 626
Root: ghebh-el-, -el-, -lo-
English meaning: weathercock; head
German meaning: `Giebel, Kopf'
Material: Gr. κεφαλή `Haupt, Ende, Gipfel', maked. κεβλή, κεβαλή, PN Κέβαλος; unklar γαβαλάν ἐγκέφαλονἤ κεφαλήν Hes.; vgl. dazu Schwyzer Gr. Gr. I 70 f., Pisani RIEtBalk. 1937, 15 ff.;

    got. gibla m. `Giebel, Zinne', ablautend anord. gafl m. `Giebelseite; Spitze einer Insel'; ahd. gibil m. `Giebel, Pol der Erde'; gibilla f., gebal m., mhd. gebel `Schädel';

    toch. A śpāl- `Kopf' (: gr. κεφαλή), Instr. śpālyo-.

References: WP. I 571, Feist 214, W. Schulze Kl. Schr. 252, 261.
Pages: 423
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