Where does “gammel” come from?

gammel (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gamal, from Proto-West Germanic gamal, from Proto-Germanic gamalaz — old, weak.

Ancestry of “gammel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongamal—
2Proto-West Germanicgamal—
3Proto-Germanicgamalazold, weak

Words derived from “gammel”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gamalaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gamal →Every word from Old Saxon gamal →