Where does “yelper” come from?
yelper (English) comes from Middle English yelpere, from Middle English yelpen, from Old English ġielpan, from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic gelpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
yelper (English): One who yelps; The avocet; A bird, the tattler
Definitions
- One who yelps; The avocet; A bird, the tattler
Ancestry of “yelper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | yelpere | One who brags or engages in self-aggrandisement |
| 2 | Middle English | yelpen | — |
| 3 | Old English | ġielpan | to boast |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *gelpan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gelpaną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |