gloppen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰlub(ʰ)-“to yawn, gape”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*glupnōną“to frighten, cause to stare”
3. Old Norse · derived fromglúpna“to frighten, grieve, look downcast”
4. Middle English · inherited fromglopnen
5. English todaygloppen

From Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glúpna (“to frighten, grieve, look downcast”), from Proto-Germanic *glupnōną (“to frighten, cause to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glúpna (“to put to shame”). More at glope.

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