javelot

Old French

noun

Definitions

javelin (weapon)

Etymology

Derived from Latin *gabalottus derived from Gaulish *gabalos derived from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (forked branch, fork) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (fork, branch of tree).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰabʰlos

Gloss

fork, branch of tree

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*gabalottus Latin
giavellotto Italian
javelot French
*gʰabʰlos Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
gabhal Irish
gabul Old Irish
gobhal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
javeline Middle French
*gabalos Proto-Celtic
*gablā Proto-Celtic
*gabalos Gaulish