Where does “galge” come from?

galge (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch galga, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

Ancestry of “galge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgalga—
2Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “galge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →