galla

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) an oak apple, gall-nut
2. (declension-1, feminine) a harsh, sour kind of wine

Concepts

oak gall

nutgall

oak apple

gallnut

Translations

Gallapfel

galle

galla

agalla

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡal.la]

Etymology

There are various hypotheses:
* Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see Proto-Germanic *gallǭ (English gall (“bile”)) or *gallô (“sore, swelling, lesion”) (English gall (“sore”)).
* From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).