英语词汇gawp的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gawp
词源	gawp n. "fool, simpleton," 1825, perhaps from gawp (v.) "to yawn, gape" (as in astonishment), which is attested from 1680s, a dialectal survival of galp (c. 1300), which is related to yelp or gape and perhaps confused with or influenced by gawk. Entries linking to gawp yelp v. Old English gielpan (West Saxon), gelpan (Anglian) "to boast, exult," from Proto-Germanic gel- (source also of Old Saxon galpon, Old Norse gjalpa "to yelp," Old Norse gjalp "boasting," Old High German gelph "outcry"), from PIE root ghel- (1) "to call, cry out." Meaning "utter a quick, sharp, bark or cry" is 1550s, probably from the noun. Related: Yelped; yelping. gape v. early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth wide, gape" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, "act of opening the mouth," from 1530s. yelp (v.)gape (v.)gawk (v.)*ghieh- updated on February 24, 2015
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gawp n.