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Where does “gal” come from?

gal (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic galъ — dark, murky, swarty; black.

gal (Serbo-Croatian): black, dark; dark fur

Definitions

  1. black, dark; dark fur

Ancestry of “gal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgalъdark, murky, swarty; black
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