Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galgō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galgô.

Noun

*galgō m

1. gallows

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*galgō
Genitive	*galgini, *galgan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*galgō	*galgan
Accusative	*galgan	*galgan
Genitive	*galgini, *galgan	*galganō
Dative	*galgini, *galgan	*galgum
Instrumental	*galgini, *galgan	*galgum

Descendants

• Old English: ġealga, galga — Anglian
  • Middle English: galwes, galwe, galowe, galewes
    • Scots: galow, gallo, gallows
    • English: gallow, gallows
• Old Frisian: galga
  • North Frisian: gulig
  • Saterland Frisian: Galge
  • West Frisian: galge
• Old Saxon: galgo
  • Middle Low German: galge
    • German Low German: Galge, Galg
    • Low German: Galgen
    • Plautdietsch: Gaulj
• Old Dutch: *galga
  • Middle Dutch: galge
    • Dutch: galg
• Old High German: galgo, galga
  • Middle High German: galge
    • Alemannic German: Galge
    • German: Galgen
      • → Serbo-Croatian:

        Cyrillic script: галге

        Latin script: galge

    • Luxembourgish: Gaalgen
• → Old French: jauge, gauge
  • Middle French: jauge
    • French: jauge
  • → Galician: galgar
  • → Middle English: gauge, gage
    • Scots: gauge
    • English: gauge