Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gallǭ
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “gall, bile”), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬭𐬀 (zāra, “gall”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*gallǭ f
Inflection
editōn-stemDeclension of *gallǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *gallǭ | *gallōniz | |
vocative | *gallǭ | *gallōniz | |
accusative | *gallōnų | *gallōnunz | |
genitive | *gallōniz | *gallōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *gallōni | *gallōmaz | |
instrumental | *gallōnē | *gallōmiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *gallā
- Old Norse: gall (< *gallą)
References
edit- ^ “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)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries: Word Histories and Mysteries: From Abracadabra to Zeus (2004)