English
galanas
Galanas comes from Welsh galanas ‘murder’.
- Welshc. 1500–presentgalanas‘murder’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentgalanas‘murder’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Welsh galanas
Today it means
noun the blood money or weregild paid by a murderer to the family of his victim under early Welsh law
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh galanas / galanas