German Galgen

← Danish galge (cognate)

← English gallows (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *galgô (inherited)

← Old High German galgo (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalg- (mention)

← Dutch galg (cognate)

→ English gallows (cognate)

→ Old English gealga (cognate)

→ German Galgenhumor (compound)

→ German Galgenvogel (compound)

→ Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (cognate)

→ Alemannic German Galge (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish Gaalgen (cognate)

→ Dutch galg (cognate)

→ Polish gałgan (borrowed)

→ Serbo-Croatian galge (borrowed)