gall
Irish (Donegal)
/ɡɑːl̪ˠ/
noun
Definitions
- foreigner
- (pejorative) Anglified Irish person
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish gall (foreigner) derived from Latin Gallus (a Gaul, Gaul, Gaulish).
Origin
Latin
Gallus
Gloss
a Gaul, Gaul, Gaulish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Galbraith English
- Galbraithian English
- Gallo- English
- Gallius Latin
- Gallus Latin
- Gál Hungarian
- Galli Italian
- gala Spanish, Castilian
- galo Spanish, Castilian
- Gal Polish
- Gał Polish
- gallar Norwegian Nynorsk
- cnó Irish
- gallchnó Irish
- gallán Irish
- Gal Catalan, Valencian
- gal Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Gâl Welsh
- gall Old Irish
- Gall Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- galchro Manx