Gasp
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late Middle English: from Old Norse geispa ‘to yawn’.
wiktionary
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen(“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa(“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa(“to gape”). [1]
etymonline
gasp (v.)
late 14c., gaspen, "open the mouth wide; exhale," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish cognate gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa "open the mouth wide" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gasped; gasping.
gasp (n.)
1570s, from gasp (v.). Earliest attested use is in the phrase last gasp "final breath before dying." To gasp up the ghost "die" is attested from 1530s.
