Where does “galženjak” come from?
galženjak (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian galge, from German Galgen, from Old High German galgo, from Frankish galgō, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.
galženjak (Serbo-Croatian): a hanged man
Ancestry of “galženjak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | galge | gallows |
| 2 | German | Galgen | gallows |
| 3 | Old High German | galgo | gallows |
| 4 | Frankish | galgō | measuring rod, pole; gallows |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galgô | a rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰAlgʰ- | — |