Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/galgō
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *galgô.
Noun edit
*galgō m[1]
Inflection edit
Masculine an-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *galgō | |
Genitive | *galgini, *galgan | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *galgō | *galgan |
Accusative | *galgan | *galgan |
Genitive | *galgini, *galgan | *galganō |
Dative | *galgini, *galgan | *galgum |
Instrumental | *galgini, *galgan | *galgum |
Descendants edit
- Old English: ġealga, galga
- Old Frisian: galga
- Old Saxon: galgo
- Old Dutch: *galga
- Old High German: galgo, galga
- → Old French: jauge, gauge
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 184: “PWGmc *galgō”