gavel
English
/ˈɡa.vəl/, /ˈɡæ.vəl/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) Rent.
- (obsolete) Usury; interest on money.
- (historical) An old Saxon and Welsh form of tenure by which an estate passed, on the holder's death, to all the sons equally.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gavel (tribute, rent) inherited from Old English gafol (fork) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gabulą (tribute), *gebaną (give) suffix from English give.
Origin
English
give
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begive English
- fore-give English
- foregive English
- forgive English
- forthgive English
- gaveller English
- gift English
- givable English
- give English
- give the lie English
- giveaway English
- givee English
- giveness English
- giver English
- givest English
- misgive English
- misgiving English
- outgive English
- overgive English
- regive English
- thanksgive English
- ungive English
- upgive English
- Givebox German
- *gʰab(ʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *gabulą Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- gafol Old English
- gafolrand Old English
- gafolræden Old English
- ġiefan Old English
- gavel Middle English
- given Middle English
- gefa Old Norse
- geban Old High German
- gevan Old High German
- 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *geban gmw-pro
- gevan Old Dutch
- jeva Old Frisian
- givim Tok Pisin
- gi Sranan Tongo
- jiiw North Frisian