Where does “yelkə” come from?

yelkə (Azerbaijani) comes from Middle English yelke, from Old English ġeolca, from Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic gelu, from Proto-Germanic gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

yelkə (Azerbaijani): mane

Definitions

  1. mane

Ancestry of “yelkə”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyelkeThe yolk; the yellow centre of an egg
2Old Englishġeolca—
3Old Englishġeoluyellow
4Proto-West Germanicgeluyellow
5Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós →Every word from Proto-Germanic gelwaz →