Gall

gall gäll English Etymology As an English, en gd -, and en ga - surname, of en cel - origin, from gd Gall foreigner. This is in turn from en la Gallus Gaul, which has borrowings (many of which are surnames) in several European languages, such as cs Havel, pl Gawel. As a en hu - surname, variant of en Gál, itself from the Latin word. Proper noun s en. Breton Etymology From br la Gallus Gaul, see also gd Gall. Pronunciation br /ˈɡalː/ Noun m Gallaoued br archaic foreigner br dated Gaul, Gaulish person Gallo-speaker Frenchman, Romance-speaking person not from Lower Brittany Derived terms br galleg Related terms br gallaoueg Mutation G all allaoued Czech Etymology cs Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Gallová cs m Declension m.an.surname Irish Etymology See ga gall. Pronunciation ga /ɡɑ(ː)l̪ˠ/ Aran II 120 ga /ɡɑːl̪ˠ/ Cois Fharraige ga /ɡal̪ˠ/ Ulster 79 206 Noun m Gaill Gaill ga historical Gaul person from Gaul ga historical Northman, Dane member of the Germanic tribe inhabiting the Danish islands and parts of southern Sweden ga historical Norman member of the mixed Scandinavian and French peoples who, in the 11th century, were a major military power in Western Europe and who conquered the English in 1066, Anglo-Norman descendant of the Normans who settled in England after the Norman Conquest, Englishman ga Normannach ga by extension Brit ga Briotanach Sasanach Declension G all aill yes Derived terms ga Dún na nGall<t:Donegal> Fine Gall<t:Fingal> Gall-Rómhánach<t:Gallo-Roman> Inse Ghall<t:the Hebrides> Gall-Ghael<g:m><t:person of mixed Irish and foreign descent> Gall-<t:Anglo-> Nua-Ghall<g:m><t:later Anglo-Norman or English settler> Sean-Ghall<g:m><t:older Anglo-Norman or English settler> Related terms ga gall Mutation References smaller Further reading ga Demonyms Old Irish Etymology From sga la Gallus Gaul a Gaul, probably from the root of sga cel-pro *galnati to be able. Pronunciation Noun m Gaill Gaill Gaul person from Gaul Usage notes The only meaning attested in Old Irish is person from Gaul. In later stages of Irish, it came to be applied to anyone who was not of indigenous Gaelic ancestry, e.g. Norse people, Anglo-Normans, English people etc. and (normalized as lower-case mga gall) as a common noun meaning simply foreigner. Declension Gaill Descendants ga Gall gv Goal gd Gall mga gall Mutation Further reading 1 Gall 25308 sga Demonyms Scottish Gaelic Alternative forms gd gall Etymology From gd sga Gall a Gaul, from gd la Gallus Gaul a Gaul, from a native gd cel - name, the Gauls being the first strangers to visit or be visited by the Irish in Pre-Roman and Roman times. Compare cel-pro *gallos (whence cy gal enemy, foe). Pronunciation gd /kaul̪ˠ/ Noun m Goill Goill foreigner, alien gd coimheach coigreach Lowlander Scottish Lowlands Derived terms gd gd Beurla Ghallta Scots gd Gallta a alien, foreign; Lowland Mutation G all