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Where does “gispe” come from?

gispe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse geispa — to yawn.

gispe (Norwegian Bokmål): to gasp

Definitions

  1. to gasp

Ancestry of “gispe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegeispato yawn
Every word from Old Norse geispa →