Where does “gaba” come from?
gaba (French) comes from French gaber, from Middle French gaber, from Old French gaber, from Old Norse gabba, from Proto-Germanic gabbaną, from Proto-Indo-European ghabh- — to be split, be forked, gape; seize, take, hold,...
gaba (French): third-person singular past historic of gaber
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of gaber
Ancestry of “gaba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | gaber | to ridicule; mock; to speak clumsily; to blunder;... |
| 2 | Middle French | gaber | to joke |
| 3 | Old French | gaber | to joke; to jest; to dupe, to fool |
| 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,... |