Where does “gaboj” come from?
gaboj (Albanian) comes from Italian gabbare, from Italian gabbo, from Old French gab, from Old Norse gabba, from Proto-Germanic gabbaną, from Proto-Indo-European ghabh- — to be split, be forked, gape; seize, take, hold,...
gaboj (Albanian): I err, I make a mistake
Definitions
- I err, I make a mistake
Ancestry of “gaboj”, step by step
gaboj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian gabbare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gabbare | to deceive, trick; to cheat, dupe, diddle |
| 2 | Italian | gabbo | joke, trick, prank; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | gab | joke |
| 4 | Old Norse | gabba | to mock, to make game of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gabbaną | to mock, jest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ghabh- | to be split, be forked, gape; seize, take, hold,... |