gaffen

(Anglès)

to stare at curiously, rubberneck

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡafɱ̩/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: gaffen

Heretat de alt alemany antic: *gaffōn

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: kaffen

Heretat de alt alemany antic: kapfēn

Cognat amb neerlandès: gapen

Cognat amb anglès: gape

In summary

From Middle High German gaffen (“to gape; to stare”), from Old High German *gaffōn, from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (“to gaze, observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, be wide open”); influenced by and partly merged with Middle High German kaffen, a variant of kapfen (“to look, look surprised, gawk, wonder”), from Old High German kapfēn (“to look, stare, gawk, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *kapēn. Doublet of jappen (which is from Low German), and cognate with Dutch gapen, English gape.

Conceptes

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Sinònims

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gähnen

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