gape
n. US //ˈɡeɪp// UK //ɡˈeɪp// gape
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap.