Where does “aranygaluska” come from?
aranygaluska (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian galuska, from Polish gałuszka, from Polish gałka, from Polish gała, from French gala, from Spanish gala, from Old Spanish gala, from Old French gale — to flourish; green, yellow.
aranygaluska (Hungarian): a Hungarian dessert consisting of dumpling balls...
Definitions
- a Hungarian dessert consisting of dumpling balls...
Ancestry of “aranygaluska”, step by step
aranygaluska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian galuska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | galuska | spaetzle, dumpling |
| 2 | Polish | gałuszka | — |
| 3 | Polish | gałka | knob; scoop; control knob, dial |
| 4 | Polish | gała | football |
| 5 | French | gala | third-person singular past historic of galer |
| 6 | Spanish | gala | feminine singular of galo; gala; elegant dress,... |
| 7 | Old Spanish | gala | — |
| 8 | Old French | gale | pomp; show; festivity; mirth; rejoicing |
| 9 | Old French | galer | to rub; to scratch; to have fun; to enjoy oneself |
| 10 | Old French | galle | — |
| 11 | Latin | galla | the oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of... |
| 12 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |