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füttern, vb., equiv. to MidHG. vüetern, vuotern, ‘to feed, nourish,’ OHG. fuotiren |
(Goth. *fôdrjan); a derivative of Futter, ‘nourishment.’ |
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Gabe, f., ‘gift,’ from the equiv. MidHG. gâbe, f.; OHG. *gâba and Goth. *gêba are wanting; instead OHG. gëba (MidHG. gëbe with the dial. variant gippe), f., occurs, OSax. gëba, AS. gifu, OIc. gjǫf, Goth. giba, f., ‘gift.’ The forms corresponding to the assumed Goth. *gêba are seen in Du. gaaf and OSwed. gáfa. gäbe, adj., ‘acceptable, in vogue, stylish,’ from MidHG. gœbe (OHG. *gâbi), adj., ‘acceptable, dear, good’; Goth. *gêbi- is related to giban (see geben), just as nêms is to niman (see gänge, angenehm); comp. OIc. gœ̂fr, ‘salutary,’ Du. gaaf, ‘suitable.’ Gabel, f., ‘fork, shafts (of a vehicle),’ from the equiv. MidHG. gabele, gabel, OHG. gabala, gabal, f.; corresponding to Du. gaffel (hence ModIc. gaffall, ‘fork’), AS. rarely, geaful, m., ‘fork’ (for which, even in the AS. period, forc, E. fork occurs). Gabel seems to be related by gradation to Giebel, and in that case the oldest shape of the fork must have been a sort of acute angle like a gable. Yet the supposition that the word was borrowed is not to be rejected, especially since ‘the form of an acute angle’ can hardly be the prim. meaning of Giebel. Note the correspondence with Kelt. words; OIr. gabul, ‘fork,’ gabhla, ‘shears,’ W. gebel, ‘tongs,’ Lat. gabalus ‘(gable-shaped) gallows’; to these also OInd. gábhasti, ‘fork, shaft,’ may be allied, in which case it would follow that the West Teut. Gabel is perhaps primit. allied to the Kelt. class. gackern, gacksen, vb., ‘to cackle, chatter,’ simply ModHG.; imitative forms like MidHG. gâgen, ‘to cackle like a goose.’ akin to Du. gagelen, ‘to gabble,’ and even in OHG. gackizôn, ‘to mutter,’ gagizôn, gackazzen, ‘to bawl,’ MidHG. gagzen, ‘to cluck like a hen laying.’ Comp. Scand. gagga, ‘to howl like a fox,’ gagl, ‘wild goose,’ E. to gaggle. Gaden, Gadem, m. and n., ‘room, cottage, storey,’ from MidHG. and MidLG. gaden, gadem, n., ‘house containing one room only,’ then generally ‘apartment, chamber,’ OHG. gadum, gadaum, n.; orig. a merely UpG. word, which found its way, however, |
even into LG. Akin to Goth. *gatm (from ga- and tmo-, the latter related to Gr. δόμος, μεσό-δμη, and HG. Zimmer)?. Less probably allied to AS. geat, E. gate (comp. Du. gat, ‘opening,’ under Gasse). At all events, the connection with Gr. χιτών, ‘garment,’ is impossible.
gaffen, vb., ‘to gape at,’ from the equiv. MidHG. (MidG.) gaffen, OHG. *gaffên (deduced from OHG. geffida, f., ‘contemplation’); Goth. *gapan is wanting. The ordinary MidHG. and OHG. words for the modern gaffen are kapfen and chapfên (Goth. *kappan, vb., is wanting). Hence, according to the sounds, the two words are radically different; in the ModHG. period, MidHG. kapfen has given way to gaffen. The latter signifies lit. ‘to look on with open mouth;’ comp. Du. gapen and the equiv. E. to gape, OIc. gapa, ‘to open the mouth wide,’ gap, ‘chaos.’ The Teut. root gap, ‘to gape,’ is allied to Sans. root jabh, ‘to snap’?. gähe, see jäh. gähnen, vb., ‘to yawn, gape,’ from the equiv. MidHG. ginen (genen, geinen), OHG. ginên (geinôn); ModHG. ae for ĕ. Goth. *gi- nai-, from the root gī̆, ‘to gape’; comp. AS. ginian, gânian, ‘to gape.’ OIc. and AS. possess a str. vb. formed from the root gī̆, and n orig. a suffix of the present stem — OIc. gína, AS. tôgînan, ‘to bark’; comp. also OIc. gin, n., ‘jaw of animals.’ OHG. gîên, ‘to gape,’ is formed without the suffix n; so too with a derivative w, OHG. giwên, gëwôn, MidHG. giwen, gëwen, ‘to open the mouth wide.’ The Teut. root gī̆, from pre-Teut. ghī̆, is widely diffused, especially in West Teut. Comp. Lat. hiare (for Lat. h, representing Teut. g, see Gerste and Gast), OSlov. zijati, ‘to gape, bark,’ Lith. żióti, ‘tó ‘to open the mouth wide’; OIr. gin, ‘mouth’ (OIc. gin); Lat. hisco; Gr. χειά, ‘hole,’ for χειϝά?. Galgant, m., ‘galangal,’ from the equiv. MidHG. galgan, galgân, galgant, m.; comp. MidE. galingale, E. galangal; a medicinal herb of the Middle Ages, known under the same name to Rom. (comp. Ital. galanga, Fr. galanga — MidLat. galanga; also Mid |
