Where does “gibber plain” come from?
gibber plain (English) comes from English gibber, from English GIB, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre — passed , crossed.
gibber plain (English): A large desert pavement
Definitions
- A large desert pavement
Ancestry of “gibber plain”, step by step
gibber plain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gibber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gibber | Gibberish, unintelligible speech; To jabber, talk... |
| 2 | English | GIB | — |
| 3 | English | give | To move, shift, provide something abstract or... |
| 4 | English | foregive | To give ahead of time; give in advance |
| 5 | English | fore- | Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or... |
| 6 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 7 | German | Fahr | — |
| 8 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 9 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 10 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 11 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English plain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plain | Flat, level; Simple; Obvious |
| 2 | Middle English | pleyn | clear; unambiguous |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | pleyn | Alternative form of plein |
| 4 | Old French | playn | — |
| 5 | Old French | plain | full; plain; flat |
| 6 | Latin | plēnus | full; filled; complete |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plēnos | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |