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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Galopp

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Galopp
Friedrich Kluge2511173An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Galopp1891John Francis Davis

Galopp, m., ‘gallop,’ borrowed from Fr. galop, even in the MidHG. period, as is proved by MidHG. galopieren, of which the variant walopieren occurs (comp. MidHG. walap, ‘galop,’ E. wallop). The Rom. words on which they are based are derived by some etymologists from a Teut. source, though it cannot be assigned to any satisfactory root; some assume a Goth-Teut. *walh-hlaup, which is supposed to denote a Kelt. method of trotting.