galp

Betekenis (Engels)

to gape; yawn.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: galpen

Geërf van Old English: *galpian

Verwante met Old English: gealpettan

Verwante met Noord-Fries: galpe

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: galpje

Verwante met Nederduits: galpen

Verwante met Nederlands: galpen

Verwante met Frans: japper

In summary

From Middle English galpen, from Old English *galpian, *gealpian (“to gape, yawn, gulp”), suggested by derivative Old English gealpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”), from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to gape, yawn, sound out, yap”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to call, cry out, shout, scream”). Cognate with North Frisian galpe (“to shout”), Saterland Frisian galpje (“to call, cry out, resound”), Low German galpen (“to bellow, roar, howl, bark”), Dutch galpen (“to yell, shout, howl”), dialectal Swedish galpa (“to screech, scream”), French japper (“to yelp, bark”). More at yelp.