Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gapōną
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-”