Etymology

gabber

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Today it means: A liar; a deceiver. Full definition →

English gab ← Middle English gabben ← Old English gabban
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gabber · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*gabbōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gabbōn
  3. Old Englishgabban
  4. Middle Englishgabben
  5. Englishgab
  6. English todaygabber

From gab + -er.

gabber · noun2

  1. Yiddish · derived fromחבֿר
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromgabber
  3. English todaygabber

Borrowed from Dutch gabber (literally “friend”), from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Doublet of chaver.

Gabber · noun3

From Gab + -er.

Words from the same roots

Yiddishחבֿר all →

cobber

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