Where does “galga” come from?

galga (Galician) comes from Galician galgar, from Old French galger, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

galga (Galician): arch of the foot or of a shoe; flat stone used as...

Definitions

  1. arch of the foot or of a shoe; flat stone used as...

Ancestry of “galga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciangalgarto gauge; to practice some cuts in a board as...
2Old Frenchgalger—
3Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galgô →Every word from Old French galger →