galwes
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- gallows
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġealga (gallows, cross-beam) inherited from Proto-Germanic *galgô (pole, stake, cross, gallows, rod, beam).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*galgô
Gloss
pole, stake, cross, gallows, rod, beam
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
棒
Emoji
🎣 💈
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gallows English
- gallowsness English
- scapegallows English
- *ǵʰAlgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- Proto-Indo-European
- *galgô Proto-Germanic
- gealga Old English
- ġealga Old English
- galgi Old Norse
- *galger Old French
- galgo Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 Gothic
- *galga Old Dutch
- *galga Frankish
- *galgo Frankish