Where does “gapete” come from?

gapete (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ete, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

Ancestry of “gapete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-eteforming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ete →