Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gapōną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”), closely related to *gabbōną (“to joke, to mock”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *gapōną (weak class 2)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒapōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
- ^ 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-”