köken: From Old High German galgo, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare Dutch galg, English gallows, Danish galge.
gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging · the death sentence, notably by hanging · a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on
çekim: çoğul galgen
köken: From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.
aile: galgebrok, galgenaas, galgenhumor, galgenmaal, galgepater, galgje, voor galg en rad opgroeien
scaffold (platform for executions) · pillory (method of punishment)
çekim: çoğul schavotter · tamlayan schavotts
köken: From Middle Low German schavot, German Schafott, from Old French chafaut. Cognate of Italian catafalco and French échafaud. Doublet of katafalk.
köken: From Old Khmer tralēṅa kēṅa (“four-sided; four-faced”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ត្រឡែងកែង (trɑɑlaeng kaeng, “four-sided, four-face; intersection, crossroads, confluence (of rivers); four-sided structure”). The last sense was from the fact that the execution of criminals was traditionally held at a crossroads.