gals
Latvian
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (ablauted to *gʷol-). Cognates: Lithuanian gãlas (“id.”), Old Prussian gallan (acc.), golis (“death”), Old Norse kveld (“evening, end of the day”), etc.
Semantic development:
- "to stab" > "to kill" > "death", from here the verbs galēt (“to slay”), galināt, nogalināt (“to kill”), the same development in Proto-Germanic *kwalmaz also from *gʷol-
- "to stab" > "a sharp point, tip, end."[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡals]
Declension
Declension of gals (1st declension)
Synonyms
- beigas
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “gals”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Occitan
Old French
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