Words that come from Old Norse “gala”

62 words across 16 languages descend from Old Norse gala — including gale, galelike, gala, gala, galeproof, gala, gala, gal.

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Swedish (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (9)

Danish (8)

English (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Icelandic (5)

Old Swedish (3)

Faroese (2)

Irish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Norman (1)

Middle English (1)

Old Danish (1)

Hungarian (1)

Indonesian (1)

Welsh (1)