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

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”)
    • 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