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gaff — {{11}}gaff (1) iron hook, c.1300, gaffe, from O.Fr. gaffe boat hook (see GAFFE (Cf. gaffe)). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s. {{12}}gaff (2) loud, rude talk, 1825, from Scottish dialect, perhaps a survival of O.E. gafspræc… … Etymology dictionary
ĝhē-2 : ghǝ- and ĝhēi- : ĝhī- — ĝhē 2 : ghǝ and ĝhēi : ĝhī English meaning: to gape, yawn Deutsche Übersetzung: “gähnen, klaffen” Note: schallmalend for den Gähnlaut (in addition the weitergebildete stem ĝhii̯ ü); (see also under ĝhans “goose “; similarly … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

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