Where does “galge” come from?
galge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse galgi, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.
galge (Norwegian Bokmål): gallows; a gantry
Ancestry of “galge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | galgi | cross-beam, gallows |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | galgô | a rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰAlgʰ- | — |