Where does “galun” come from?
galun (Norman) comes from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
Ancestry of “galun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | galum | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 3 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |