Etymograph

English

galp

Galp comes from Old English *gealpian ‘to roar, bellow’, from Proto-West Germanic *galpōn ‘to sound off, boast, brag’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to call, cry out, shout, scream’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰel-‘to call, cry out, shout, scream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰolb-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*galpōną‘to resound’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*galpōn‘to sound off, boast, brag’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150*gealpianas *galpian‘to roar, bellow’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500galpen
  7. Englishtodaygalp

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰel-‘to call, cry out, shout, scream’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰolb-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*galpōną‘to resound’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*galpōn‘to sound off, boast, brag’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150*gealpianas *galpian‘to roar, bellow’reconstructed
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500galpen
  7. Englishtodaygalp

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to call, cry out, shout, scream’

glass, yell, glaze, yelp, gale, gloat, geld, hyaline, 15 more

Today it means

verb To gape; yawn.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- / galp

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