greyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing)
çekim: çoğul galgos
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gálico.
köken: Likely from French lévrier, from Old French levrer, from Late Latin canem leporārium (literally “hare dog, harehound”), from Latin lepus (“hare”). By surface analysis, llebre + -er.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-? Proto-Celtic *galnatibor. Latin Gallus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Gallia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin [canis] gallicusellip. Old Spanish galgo Spanish galgo Inherited from Old Spanish galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (“Gaulish”, adjective) through ellipsis of…