Words that come from Proto-Germanic “galgô”

64 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Germanic galgô — including gauge, gallows, gaugino, gallous, gaugeable, scapegallows, misgauge, regauge.

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English (18)

Middle English (6)

Old French (5)

French (3)

Frankish (3)

German (3)

Old English (3)

Dutch (2)

Danish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle French (2)

Icelandic (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Gothic (1)

Swedish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Scots (1)

Galician (1)

Middle Dutch (1)