Where does “galger” come from?

galger (Old French) comes from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

Ancestry of “galger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “galger”

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