Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gallô

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Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelH-(r)- (“damage, infirmity, error”).

Noun

*gallô m

  1. infirmity, weakness
  2. barrenness; flaw, reproach
  3. swelling; lesion

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *gallô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gallô *gallaniz
vocative *gallô *gallaniz
accusative *gallanų *gallanunz
genitive *galliniz *gallanǫ̂
dative *gallini *gallammaz
instrumental *gallinē *gallammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gallō
    • Old English: ġealla (“skin lesion”)
    • Old Saxon: *gallo, *galla f
      • >? Middle Low German: galle f (“swelling, defect”) (possibly via Latin galla, ultimately from Germanic)
    • Old High German: *gallo, *galla f
      • >? Middle High German: galle f (“swelling”) (possibly via Latin galla, ultimately from Germanic)
  • Old Norse: galli
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