galp

Meaning

to gape; yawn.

Etymology

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.