Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “egala” come from?

egala (Old High German) comes from Latin egula — A kind of sulphur.

Ancestry of “egala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinegulaA kind of sulphur

Words derived from “egala”

  • Egel
  • Blutegel
  • egele
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