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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 750

Root / lemma: gw|hemb-

English meaning: to spring, hop

German meaning: `lustig springen, hu"pfen'??

Material: Gr. (`ausgelassen') Hes. ;

    mhd. gampen, gumpen `springen', gampel, gumpel `lustiges mutwilliges Springen, Possenspiel', gu"mpel, nhd. Gimpel; mit oberdeutscher Lautverschiebung mhd. gampf m. `das Schwanken'; norw. dial. gimpa `wippen, schaukeln', gamp m. `gros|er schwerfa"lliger Kerl, plumpes Pferd'.

    Eine ku"rzere Wzf. gw|hem- vielleicht in aisl. gaman n. `Freude, Lustigkeit, Wollust', ahd. gaman n. ds. , usw.

References: WP. I 678 f.

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