Editing Gallows (section)

==Etymology==
The term "[[wikt:gallows|gallows]]" was derived from a [[Proto-Germanic]] word ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/galgô|galgô]]'' that refers to a "pole", "rod" or "tree branch".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dwds.de/wb/Galgen|title=Galgen, der|work={{ill|Digital dictionary of the German language (DWDS)|de|Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache}}|language=de}}</ref> With the beginning of Christianization, [[Ulfilas]] used the term ''galga'' in his [[Gothic language|Gothic]] Testament to refer to the cross of [[Jesus|Christ]], until the use of the Latin term (crux = cross) prevailed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Archibald Anderson Scott|url=https://archive.org/details/ulfilasapostleof00scot|title=Ulfilas, apostle of the Goths: together with an account of the Gothic churches and their decline|publisher=Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes|year=1885|page=[https://archive.org/details/ulfilasapostleof00scot/page/133 133]}}</ref>