gaffen
German (Berlin)
/ˈɡafɱ̩/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to stare at curiously, rubberneck
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gaffen (stare, gape) inherited from Old High German *gaffōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (gaze, observe) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (gape, be wide open, yawn) inherited from Old High German kapfēn (look, stare, gawk, gape) inherited from *kapēn (watch, look).
Origin
*kapēn
Gloss
watch, look
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Batcape English
- Capesize English
- agape English
- batcape English
- cape English
- caped English
- capeless English
- capelet English
- capelike English
- capeshit English
- capesized English
- gape English
- gape seed English
- gape-mouthed English
- gapeline English
- gaper English
- gapest English
- gapeth English
- gapeworm English
- gaping English
- gapy English
- minicape English
- raincape English
- uncape English
- Gaffer German
- cape Dutch, Flemish
- gapen Dutch, Flemish
- gaper Dutch, Flemish
- cape French
- -μᾰ Ancient Greek
- χήμη Ancient Greek
- χηλός Ancient Greek
- *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰan- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- cape Norwegian Bokmål
- *gapōną Proto-Germanic
- ケープ Japanese
- cape Norwegian Nynorsk
- capian Old English
- gapen Middle English
- *orzzinǫti Proto-Slavic
- *zijati Proto-Slavic
- *zěnica Proto-Slavic
- *zěvati Proto-Slavic
- gapen Middle Dutch
- *gaffōn Old High German
- kapfēn Old High German
- *gappen Middle High German
- gaffen Middle High German
- cap Middle French
- גאַפֿן Yiddish
- *kapēn gmw-pro
- *gapon Old Dutch