Where does “γαλέη” come from?

γαλέη (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-, from Ancient Greek γλία, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

γαλέη (Ancient Greek): name given to various animals of the Mustelidae...

Definitions

  1. name given to various animals of the Mustelidae...

Ancestry of “γαλέη”, step by step

γαλέη traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European glī-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglī-mous
2Englishglio-Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous...
3Ancient Greekγλίαglue
4Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

via Ancient Greek γαλεός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγαλεόςsmall shark, dogfish

Words derived from “γαλέη”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from English glio- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glī- →