English
gallsickness
From gall + sickness.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
Proto-Germanic *gallǭ ‘gall, bile’
Proto-West Germanic *gallā
Old English ġealla ‘gall bladder’
Middle English galle
English gall
Proto-Germanic *seukaną ‘to be sick’
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Proto-West Germanic *seuk ‘sick’
Old English sēoc ‘sick’
Old English sēocnes ‘sickness, disease’
Middle English sikness
English sickness
Today it means
noun An acute or subacute non-contagious, infectious disease of cattle.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gallsickness