χάσκω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- to yawn, gape, open wide
- (less common) to speak with open mouth, to utter
- to open and swallow
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰan-, *ǵʰeh₁y- (gape, be wide open, yawn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰeh₁y-
Gloss
gape, be wide open, yawn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- yawn English
- yawnable English
- yawnathon English
- yawner English
- yawnest English
- yawneth English
- yawnfest English
- yawnless English
- yawnsome English
- yawny English
- *cascō Latin
- chasma Latin
- hiatus Latin
- hio Latin
- hisco Latin
- hiō Latin
- inhio Latin
- gapen Dutch, Flemish
- gaper Dutch, Flemish
- -μᾰ Ancient Greek
- χάνος Ancient Greek
- χάσμα Ancient Greek
- χήμη Ancient Greek
- χηλός Ancient Greek
- χᾰ́σκω Ancient Greek
- *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰan- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *gapōną Proto-Germanic
- *gīnaną Proto-Germanic
- yanen Middle English
- gína Old Norse
- *orzzinǫti Proto-Slavic
- *zijati Proto-Slavic
- *zěnica Proto-Slavic
- *zěvati Proto-Slavic
- căsca Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- χάσμα Greek (modern)
- gapen Middle Dutch
- kapfēn Old High German
- gogësij Albanian
- hascu Aromanian
- *hiāō Proto-Italic
- *gā̆gā̆-(ti-) Proto-Albanian