Where does “Gaalgen” come from?

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

Gaalgen (Luxembourgish): gallows

Definitions

  1. gallows

Ancestry of “Gaalgen”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galgô →Every word from Frankish galgō →
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