English
galelike
From gale + -like.
Formed from gale + -like
Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‘to shout, scream, charm away’
Proto-Germanic *galaną ‘to roop, sing, charm’
Proto-West Germanic *galan
Old English galan ‘to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream’
Middle English galen
English gale
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / galelike