Latin fabula

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom (mention)

← Proto-Italic *fāðlā (inherited)

→ English fable (derived(en/nb))

→ English fable (derived(en/nn))

→ English fabula (borrowed)

→ English favel (mention)

→ Catalan faula (derived)

→ German Fabel (derived)

→ Finnish fabuloida (derived)

→ French fable (borrowed)

→ Old French fable (borrowed)

→ Ido fablo (derived)

→ Icelandic fabúla (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål fabel (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk fabel (derived)

→ Bourguignon faule (inherited)

→ Russian фабула (borrowed)

→ Sanskrit भनति (mention)