Where does “galli” come from?

galli (Icelandic) comes from Danish galla, from French galla — party dress.

galli (Icelandic): fault, flaw, shortcoming; a uniform or outfit for...

Definitions

  1. fault, flaw, shortcoming; a uniform or outfit for...

Ancestry of “galli”, step by step

galli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish galla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgalla—
2Frenchgallaparty dress

via Old Norse galli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegalliinfirmity; weakness; affliction
2Proto-Germanicgallôgall, bile

Words derived from “galli”

Every word from French galla →Every word from Danish galla →