Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gabbōną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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Kroonen reconstructs an iterative verb *gʰHbʰnéh₂- derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (to gape, be wide open),[1] but only the variant with a geminate -bb- in the root is actually attested in the descendants.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑb.bɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*gabbōną

  1. to joke, to mock
  2. to laugh

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*gapp/bōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169:*gapōn-