Old English · verb

gabban

Part of speech: verb
IPA: /ˈɡɑb.bɑn/
Syllables: ˈɡɑb · bɑn (2 syllables)

Meaning

to scoff, mock, jest

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gabbōną Proto-West Germanic *gabbōn Old English gabban From Proto-West Germanic *gabbōn, from Proto-Germanic *gabbōną (“to mock, jest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to be split, be forked, gape”).

Descendants

gab

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