Where does “gellvelyn” come from?

gellvelyn (Cornish) comes from Cornish gell, from Proto-Celtic gello-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

gellvelyn (Cornish): tawny brown

Definitions

  1. tawny brown

Ancestry of “gellvelyn”, step by step

gellvelyn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish gell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgelllight brown; Soft mutation of kell
2Proto-Celticgello-yellow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Cornish melyn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishmelynyellow
2Old Cornishmilin—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Celtic gello- →Every word from Cornish gell →
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