galg
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣɑlx/
noun
Definitions
- gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
- (metonymy) the death sentence
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch galge inherited from Old Dutch *galga inherited from Proto-Germanic *galgô (pole, stake, cross, gallows, rod, beam) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ- (slat, stick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰalgʰ-
Gloss
slat, stick
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- gallows English
- gallowsness English
- scapegallows English
- Galgen German
- Galgenhumor German
- Galgenvogel German
- aas Dutch, Flemish
- galgenaas Dutch, Flemish
- galgenhumor Dutch, Flemish
- galgenhumoristisch Dutch, Flemish
- humor Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰAlgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- Proto-Indo-European
- *galgô Proto-Germanic
- gałgan Polish
- gealga Old English
- ġealga Old English
- galwes Middle English
- galgi Old Norse
- galge Danish
- *galger Old French
- galge Serbo-Croatian
- galge Middle Dutch
- galgo Old High German
- ձաղկ Old Armenian
- galg Afrikaans
- Gaalgen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 Gothic
- *galga Old Dutch
- Galge Alemannic German
- *galga Frankish
- *galgo Frankish
- *śalkɜ fiu-pro
- *śëlkaw fiu-pro