Where does “gaber” come from?

gaber (French) comes 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,...

gaber (French): to ridicule; mock; to speak clumsily; to blunder;...

Definitions

  1. to ridicule; mock; to speak clumsily; to blunder;...

Ancestry of “gaber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgaberto joke
2Old Frenchgaberto joke; to jest; to dupe, to fool
3Old Norsegabbato mock, to make game of
4Proto-Germanicgabbanąto mock, jest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanghabh-to be split, be forked, gape; seize, take, hold,...

Words derived from “gaber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ghabh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gabbaną →Every word from Old Norse gabba →