An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Gallerte

by Friedrich Kluge

Gallerte, feminine, ‘jelly, from Middle High German galhert, galhart, galreide, feminine, ‘jelly of animal and vegetable matter.’ Middle Latin galatina, ‘jelly,’ as well as French gelée (from Latin gelare), cannot, for phonetic reasons, serve as the source of the Middle High German word; the origin is still obscure.