Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gallô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*galrô

Etymology

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

Noun

*gallô m

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”)
  - Middle English: galle
    - English: gall
    - Scots: gall, gaw
- Old Saxon: *gallo, *galla f
  - >? Middle Low German: galle f (“swelling, defect”) (possibly via Latin galla, ultimately from Germanic)
    - → Norwegian: galder
- Old High German: *gallo, *galla f
  - >? Middle High German: galle f (“swelling”) (possibly via Latin galla, ultimately from Germanic)
    - German: Galle
Old Norse: galli
- Icelandic: galli
- Swedish: gall

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