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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gapōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (to gape, be wide open), closely related to *gabbōną (to joke, to mock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*gapōną[1][2]

  1. to gape, to yawn
  2. to gaze, to observe

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gapōn
    • Old English: *gapian
      • Old English: ofergapian
      • Middle English: gapen (Possibly from Old Norse)
    • Old Frisian: *gapia
      • West Frisian: gapje
    • Old Saxon: *gapōn
    • Old Dutch: gapon
    • Old High German: *gaffōn
  • Old Norse: gapa

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒapōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gapp/bōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169:*gapōn-
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