Where does “gallegos” come from?

gallegos (Asturian) comes from Asturian gallegu, from Latin gallaecus, from Proto-Indo-European kl̥H-ní-s — hill.

gallegos (Asturian): masculine plural of gallegu; plural of gallegu

Definitions

  1. masculine plural of gallegu; plural of gallegu

Ancestry of “gallegos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AsturiangalleguGalician; a Galician
2LatingallaecusGalician
3Proto-Indo-Europeankl̥H-ní-shill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kl̥H-ní-s →Every word from Latin gallaecus →Every word from Asturian gallegu →