hio.
to yawn, gape
Meaning & usage
to yawn, gape
to stand open
to pause, connect badly
to be amazed, gape in wonder
to bawl out, utter, sing
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂iéh₂yeti Proto-Italic *hiāō Latin hiō From Proto-Italic *hiāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₁i-eh₂-yé-ti, from *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”). Cognates include Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō), Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāy-, Lithuanian žioti, Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते (vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn).
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