Where does “galg” come from?

galg (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch galga, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

galg (Dutch): gallows, wooden framework on which persons are...

Definitions

  1. gallows, wooden framework on which persons are...

Ancestry of “galg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgalge—
2Old Dutchgalga—
3Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “galg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →