Gaul

English

Etymology

1563, from French Gaule "Gaul" from Middle French Gaule "Gaul" from Old French Gaule, Waulle (used to translate Latin Gallia "Gaul"), of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Gaul]] origin, from Template:Frk *Walholant "Gaul, Land of the Romans/foreigners" from Template:Frk[[Category:Template:Frk derivations|Gaul]] *Walha "foreigners, Romans, Celts" from Proto-Germanic *Walχaz, Walχoz (“‘an outlander, foreigner, Celt’”), probably of Template:Cel[[Category:Template:Cel derivations|Gaul]] origin, from the same source as Latin Volcae (name of a Celtic tribe in S. Germany, which later emmigrated to Gaul). Akin to Old High German Walh, Walah "a Celt, Roman, Gaul", Old English Wealh, Walh "a non-Germanic foreigner, Celt/Briton/Welshman", Old Norse Valir "Gauls, Frenchmen". More at Wales, Cornwall, Walloon.

Despite their similar appearance, Latin Gallia is probably not the origin of French Gaul; the similarity being purely coincidental. According to regular sound changes in the development of Old French, Latin g before a becomes j (compare gamba > jambe), and the i of terminal -ia transpositions to the preceding syllable (compare gloria > gloire). Thus, the regular outcome of Latin Gallia is Jaille, a component still seen in several French placenames (eg. La Jaille-Yvon, Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, etc).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɔːl/, SAMPA: /gO:l/

Proper noun

Singular Gaul

Plural s

Gaul (s)

1. (uncountable) A Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium
2. (countable) A person from that region.

Translations

region

Czech: Galie cs(cs) f. Dutch: Gallië nl(nl) Finnish: Gallia fi(fi) French: Gaule fr(fr)

Latin: Gallia la(la) Norwegian: Gallia no(no) Russian: Галлия ru(ru) (Gállija) f. Spanish: Galia

person

Czech: Gal cs(cs) m. Dutch: Galliër nl(nl) Finnish: gallialainen fi(fi) French: Gaulois fr(fr) m.

Latin: Gallus la(la) Norwegian: galler no(no) (bokmål), gallar no(no) (nynorsk) Russian: галл ru(ru) (gall) m. Spanish: galo es(es) m.

Related terms

• Gaulish

Anagrams

• aglu,
• Agul

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German

Etymology

From Template:Gmh[[Category:de:Template:Gmh derivations|Gaul]] [[gūl#Template:Gmh|gūl]]

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡaʊl/, SAMPA: /gaUl/

Noun

Gaul m. (plural Gäule)

1. horse
2. hack, nag (bad, old or incapable horse)

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