Where does “galla” come from?

galla (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin gallea, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

galla (Galician): twig; branch; forked branch

Definitions

  1. twig; branch; forked branch

Ancestry of “galla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latingallea—
2Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
3Gaulishgallāvessel
4Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “galla”

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