gaségan

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German geschegen, geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-Germanic *gaskehaną, from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“to jump, spring up; to emerge, come up, happen”). Cognate with German geschehen.

Verb

gaségan (strong class 5 , auxiliary zèinan)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to happen
    «Bas gaséghet hìa?» hattar khöt somme bàibe dar mann, ghéenten hòam trùnkhan.
    "What's going on here?" said the husband to his wife, after coming home drunk.

References
  • “gaségan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
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