Gaufflete

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Gaufel (“empty hand”), from Middle High German goufe (“empty hand”), from Old High German goufana, from Proto-Germanic *gaupnō- (“hollow (of the hand)”), probably related to *geupaną (“to be hollow”), from Pre-Germanic *geuppan-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰewb(ʰ)- (“to bend, stoop, move”) (Lithuanian gaubti (“to vault, cover”), Albanian gaboj).[1]

Cognate with Cimbrian gòffala, Old Norse gaupn (“empty hand”) (whence Scottish English gowpen (“double handful”)).

Noun

Gaufflete f

  1. (Uri) handful

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “gaupno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
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