Where does “galle” come from?

galle (Middle English) comes from Old French galle, from Latin galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

Ancestry of “galle”, step by step

galle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French galle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgalle—
2Latingallathe oak apple, gall-nut; a harsh, sour kind of...
3Gaulishgallāvessel
4Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Old English ġealla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeallagall bladder
2Proto-Germanicgallōgall, poison

Words derived from “galle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gallǭ →Every word from Gaulish gallā →