galp

Meaning

to gape; yawn.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: galpen

Inherited from Old English: *galpian

Cognate with Old English: gealpettan

Cognate with Northern Frisian: galpe

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: galpje

Cognate with Low German: galpen

Cognate with Dutch: galpen

Cognate with French: 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.