*galgô

Runic: ᚷᚨᛚᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑl.ɣɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

a gallows, gibbet
a rod, pole, stake
a beam, cross-beam, rafter

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰolgʰ- ~ *ǵʰolg- (‘long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch’), a root with irregular variation. Cognate with Lithuanian žalgà (‘long, thin stake’), Old Armenian ձաղկ (jałk, ‘rod, stick’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	galgô	galganiz
Acc.	galganų	galganunz
Gen.	galginiz	galganǫ̂
Dat.	galgini	galgammaz
Inst.	galginē	galgammiz
Voc.	galgô	galganiz

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Descendants

*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *galga (Old Dutch)
  - galge (Middle Dutch)
    - galg (Dutch)
      - galg (Afrikaans)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġealga, galga (Old English)
  - galwes, galwe, galowe, galewes (Middle English)
    - gallow, gallows (English)
    - galow, gallo, gallows (Scots)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- jauge, gauge (Old French)
  - galgar (Galician)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- jauge, gauge (Old French)
  - gauge, gage (Middle English)
    - gauge (English)
    - gauge (Scots)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- jauge, gauge (Old French)
  - jauge (Middle French)
    - jauge (French)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- galga (Old Frisian)
  - gulig (North Frisian)
  - Galge (Saterland Frisian)
  - galge (West Frisian)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- galgo, galga (Old High German)
  - galge (Middle High German)
    - Galge (Alemannic German)
    - Gaalgen (Luxembourgish)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- galgo, galga (Old High German)
  - galge (Middle High German)
    - Galgen (German)
      - ? (Serbo-Croatian)
*galgō (Proto-West Germanic)
- galgo (Old Saxon)
  - galge (Middle Low German)
    - Galge, Galg (German Low German)
    - Galgen (Low German)
    - Gaulj (Plautdietsch)
galgi (Old Norse)
- galge (Danish)
- gálgi (Faroese)
- galge (Gutnish)
- gálgi (Icelandic)
- galge (Norwegian)
galgi (Old Norse)
- galghe, ᚵᛆᛚᚵᚼᚽ (Old Swedish)
  - galge (Swedish)
𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga) (Gothic)

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