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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *gimpōn- vb., *gampa-z, *gampōn- vb., *gampalō, *gampilō, *gumpala-z
Meaning: spring
Norwegian: dial. gimpa `wippen, schaukeln', gamp m. `grosser schwerfälliger Kerl, plumpes Pferd'
Middle High German: gampen, gampeln wk. 'springen, hüpfen, tänzen', gumpen wk. 'hüpfen, springen'; gampel, gɛmpel st. f. 'scherz, possenspiel', gumpel st. m. `lustiges mutwilliges Springen, Possenspiel'; gampf st. m. 'das schwanken'
German: [ Gimpel < LG ]
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Proto-IE: *(a)gʷhemb-
Meaning: to jump, to frisk
Old Greek: *athémbō: ptc. f. athemboûsa = akolastáinousa (`ausgelassen') Hsch.
Russ. meaning: прыгать от радости
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Number: 750
Root: gʷhemb-
English meaning: to spring, hop
German meaning: `lustig springen, hüpfen'??
Material: Gr. ἀθεμβου̃σα ἀκολασταίνουσα (`ausgelassen') Hes.; mhd. gampen, gumpen `springen', gampel, gumpel `lustiges mutwilliges Springen, Possenspiel', gümpel, nhd. Gimpel; mit oberdeutscher Lautverschiebung mhd. gampf m. `das Schwanken'; norw. dial. gimpa `wippen, schaukeln', gamp m. `großer schwerfälliger Kerl, plumpes Pferd'.
Eine kürzere Wzf. gʷhem- vielleicht in aisl. gaman n. `Freude, Lustigkeit, Wollust', ahd. gaman n. ds., usw.
References: WP. I 678 f.
Pages: 490
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