Galge
Alemannic German
noun
Definitions
- gallows
- The part of a bell from which the clapper hangs.
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German galgo inherited from Proto-Germanic *galgô (pole, stake, cross, gallows, rod, beam).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*galgô
Gloss
pole, stake, cross, gallows, rod, beam
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
棒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gallow English
- Galgen German
- Galgenhumor German
- Galgenvogel German
- galg Dutch, Flemish
- galgenaas Dutch, Flemish
- galgenhumor Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰAlgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- Proto-Indo-European
- *galgô Proto-Germanic
- galge Swedish
- galghumor Swedish
- gałgan Polish
- gealga Old English
- ġealga Old English
- *galowen Middle English
- galgi Old Norse
- *galger Old French
- galge Serbo-Croatian
- gálgi Icelandic
- galge Middle Dutch
- galgo Old High German
- galg Afrikaans
- Gaalgen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 Gothic
- *galga Old Dutch
- galghe Old Swedish
- *galga Frankish
- *galgo Frankish