yawn

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
2. To say while yawning.
3. To present a wide opening; gape.
4. (obsolete) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
5. (obsolete) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.

Noun

1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
2. (colloquial) A particularly boring event.

Concepten

geeuwen

gapen

geeuw

gaap

wijd openstaan

wijd openstaan

Synoniemen

gape

yawning

oscitance

oscitancy

open mouth

sigh

gaping

open wide

yaw

last name

rowboat

🚣

shallop

belch

tire

chasma

feel sleepy

gawp

open one’s mouth

breakfast

be drowsy

open one’s mouth wide

open the mouth

skiff

boat

⛵

canoe

🛶

cutter

deficient

dinghy

evaporate

gig

gondola

Vertalingen

bâiller

gähnen

bâillement

bostezar

sbadigliare

bocejar

χασμουριέμαι

sbadiglio

bailler

badallar

bostezo

bocejo

Gähnen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/jɔːn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: yanen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ġinian

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gonen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: gānian

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: jåne

Verwant aan Saterfries: jaanje

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: genen

Verwant aan Duits: gähnen

Verwant aan Zweeds: gana

Verwant aan Noors: gina

Verwant aan Kerkslavisch: зѣѭ

Verwant aan Russisch: зи́нуть

Verwant aan Tokharian A: śew

Verwant aan Tokharian B: kāyā

Verwant aan Litouws: žioti

In summary

Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“to yawn”); and partly from Middle English gonen (“to gape, yawn”), from Old English gānian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn, from Proto-Germanic *gainōną (“to yawn, gape”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to yawn, gape”).
Cognate with North Frisian jåne (“to yawn”), Saterland Frisian jaanje, joanje (“to yawn”), Middle Dutch genen, ghenen (“to yawn”), German Low German jahnen (“to yawn”), German gähnen (“to yawn, gape”), dialectal Swedish gana (“to gape, gawk”), dialectal Norwegian gina (“to gape”).
Compare also Old Church Slavonic зѣѭ (zějǫ) (Russian зи́нуть (zínutʹ), зия́ть (zijátʹ)), Greek χαίνω (khaínō)), Latin hiō, Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Sanskrit जेह् (jeh)