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Where does “גאָלן” come from?
גאָלן (Yiddish) comes from Polish golić, from Proto-Slavic *goliti.
גאָלן
(Yiddish): to shave
Definitions
to shave
Ancestry of “גאָלן”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Polish
golić
to shave
2
Proto-Slavic
*goliti
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Words derived from “גאָלן”
גאָלקרעם
גאָלמעסער
גאָלמעסערל
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