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Where does “galỹa” come from?

galỹa (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin gallina, from Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic galso-, from Proto-Indo-European gl̥s-o-, from Proto-Indo-European gols-o-.

galỹa (Old Portuguese): hen

Definitions

  1. hen

Ancestry of “galỹa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingallinahen
2Latingallusa cock, rooster; a Gaul, an inhabitant of Gaul; a...
3Proto-Italicgalso-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangl̥s-o-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangols-o-—

Words derived from “galỹa”

  • galinha
  • galiña
  • galiña
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gols-o- →