glope

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰlub(ʰ)-“to yawn, gape”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*glupaną“to shine, gape”
3. Old Norse · derived fromglápa“to stare vacantly”
4. Middle English · inherited fromglopen
5. English todayglope

From Middle English glopen, probably from Old Norse glápa (“to stare vacantly”), from Proto-Germanic *glupaną (“to shine, gape”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glápa (“to watch, stare at”), Dutch gluipen (“to sneak”), Low German glupen (“to look askance, leer”), Scots gloup (“chasm, cleft”). See also gloppen.

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