*gallô

Runic: ᚷᚨᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑl.lɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

infirmity, weakness
barrenness; flaw, reproach
swelling; lesion

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-r/n- (compare the r-stem in Norwegian galder (‘swelling on a horse's foot’)), cognate with Proto-Celtic *galarom (‘pain, illness ~ grief’) and Hittite 𒆗𒆷𒅈 (kal-la-ar /⁠gallar/) (kal-la-ar /⁠gallar-⁠/, ‘inauspicious, bad; enormous’) (reflecting *ǵʰ(o)lH-ro-), from a root *ǵʰelH- (‘to damage, cause pain; to be bad, evil’) (compare Welsh gâl (‘ache’), Lithuanian žalà (‘damage, harm’) and Proto-Slavic *zъlъ (‘bad, evil’)), though this root is somewhat disputed. However, see also Proto-Germanic *gallǭ (‘bile’). Connection if any to Latin galla is uncertain.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gallô	gallaniz
Acc.	gallanų	gallanunz
Gen.	galliniz	gallanǫ̂
Dat.	gallini	gallammaz
Inst.	gallinē	gallammiz
Voc.	gallô	gallaniz

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Descendants

*gallō (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġealla, galla (Old English)
  - galle (Middle English)
    - gall (English)
    - gall, gaw (Scots)
*gallō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gallo, *galla (Old High German)
  - galle (Middle High German)
    - Galle (German)
*gallō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gallo, *galla (Old Saxon)
  - galle (Middle Low German)
    - galder (Norwegian)
galli (Old Norse)
- galli (Icelandic)
- gall (Swedish)

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