Where does “Galian” come from?
Galian (Breton) comes from Malay gali, from Malay kali, from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- — inchoative.
Galian (Breton): Gaul
Definitions
- Gaul
Ancestry of “Galian”, step by step
Galian traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay gali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | gali | to dig; galley |
| 2 | Malay | kali | Obsolete form of gali; river; times |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦏꦭ | time; season; bird noose or snare |
| 4 | Old Javanese | kali | river |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kali | to dig up; to excavate |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | kalih | to dig up; to excavate |
| 7 | Old Javanese | ka- | passive verb-forming prefix |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ka- | marker of past time in temporal expressions |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | ka- | inchoative |
via Lithuanian galia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | galia | power, might |
| 2 | Latin | Gallia | Gaul, modern-day France; France |
| 3 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |