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Where does “gaule” come from?

gaule (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse gaula, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₂w- — to yawn, gape; to gape, yawn.

gaule (Norwegian Bokmål): to yell, bellow; to howl

Definitions

  1. to yell, bellow; to howl

Ancestry of “gaule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaulato howl
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₂w-to yawn, gape; to gape, yawn
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