Where does “gab” come from?

Gab comes from Middle English gabben, from Old Norse gabba, from Proto-Germanic gabbaną, from Proto-Indo-European ghabh-.

gab (English): Idle chatter; The mouth or gob; One of the...

Definitions

  1. Idle chatter; The mouth or gob; One of the...

Ancestry of “gab”, step by step

gab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Gabriel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGabriel—
2LatinGabriel—
3Ancient GreekΓαβριήλ—
4HebrewגבריאלGabriel, an archangel associated with carrying...
5Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
6Hebrewשמואל—
7Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

via Middle English gabben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgabbento drink greedily
2Old Norsegabbato mock, to make game of
3Proto-Germanicgabbanąto mock, jest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanghabh-to be split, be forked, gape; seize, take, hold,...

Words derived from “gab”

Every word from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל →Every word from Hebrew שמואל →Every word from Hebrew אֵל →