Where does “Galgen” come from?

Galgen (German) comes from Old High German galgo, from Frankish galgō, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

Galgen (German): gallows

Definitions

  1. gallows

Ancestry of “Galgen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangalgogallows
2Frankishgalgōmeasuring rod, pole; gallows
3Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “Galgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galgô →Every word from Frankish galgō →