Where does “galwes” come from?

galwes (Middle English) comes from Old English galga, from Frankish galgō, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

galwes (Middle English): gallows

Definitions

  1. gallows

Ancestry of “galwes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgalga—
2Frankishgalgōmeasuring rod, pole; gallows
3Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “galwes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galgô →Every word from Frankish galgō →