Where does “galgar” come from?

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

galgar (Galician): to gauge; to practice some cuts in a board as...

Definitions

  1. to gauge; to practice some cuts in a board as...

Ancestry of “galgar”, step by step

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

Words derived from “galgar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galgô →Every word from Old French galger →