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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬭𐬀 (zāra, “gall”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
*gallǭ f
- gall, bile
- Synonym: *gallô
Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *gallǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*gallǭ
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*gallōniz
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vocative
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*gallǭ
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*gallōniz
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accusative
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*gallōnų
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*gallōnunz
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genitive
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*gallōniz
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*gallōnǫ̂
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dative
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*gallōni
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*gallōmaz
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instrumental
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*gallōnē
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*gallōmiz
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Descendants
References
- ^ “gall”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “gallo”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries: Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus (2004)