Where does “gallada” come from?

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

gallada (Galician): pitchfork

Definitions

  1. pitchfork

Ancestry of “gallada”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciangallarto branch, to bifurcate
2Galiciangallatwig; branch; forked branch
3Vulgar Latingallea—
4Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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