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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *g'hAlgh-, *g'hAlg-
Meaning: long switch, perch
Armenian: ʒaɫk `Zweig, Gerte, Stengel'
Russ. meaning: хворостина, жердь
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *galgēn, *galgō; *galgiōn
Meaning: stake, cross
Gothic: galga m. (n) `stake, cross'
Old Norse: galgi m. `Galgen'; gelgja `stang, paal'
Norwegian: galge
Swedish: galge
Danish: galge
Old English: galga (gealga), -an m. `gallows, gibbet, cross'
Old Frisian: galga
Old Saxon: galgo `galg, kruis'
Middle Dutch: galghe
Dutch: galg f.
Middle Low German: galge
Old High German: galgo (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: galge wk. m. 'gestell über einem brunnen zum heraufziehen des eimers; galgen; kreuz Christ'
German: Galgen m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 613
Root: ĝhalg(h)-
English meaning: (flexible) twig
German meaning: `(biegsamer) Zweig, Stange'
Material: Arm. jaɫk `Zweig, Gerte, Stengel, Geisel' (< *ĝhalgā; Petersson Heteroklisie 155 erklärt den Wechsel von g und gh aus einem Paradigma *ĝhólgh, *ĝhl̥gnés); got. galga m. `Pfahl, Kreuz', aisl. galgi `Galgen', ags. gealga, afries. galga, as. ahd. galgo `Galgen, Kreuz', dazu die Weiterbildung aisl. gelgia `Zweig, Stange, Stock' (die älteste Art des Galgens war ein biegsamer Zweig, an dem der Verbrecher hochgeschnellt wurde);
lit. žalgà und žalgas m. `lange, dünne Stange', lett. žalga f. `lange Rute, Angelrute'.
References: WP. I 540, Trautmann 364.
Pages: 411
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