Where does “galge” come from?

galge (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Galgen, from Old High German galgo, from Frankish galgō, from Proto-Germanic galgô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰAlgʰ-.

galge (Serbo-Croatian): gallows

Definitions

  1. gallows

Ancestry of “galge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGalgengallows
2Old High Germangalgogallows
3Frankishgalgōmeasuring rod, pole; gallows
4Proto-Germanicgalgôa rod, pole, stake; a beam, cross-beam, rafter; a...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰAlgʰ-—

Words derived from “galge”

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