Where does “unyolked” come from?

unyolked (English) comes from English yolked, from English yolk, from Middle English yolke, from Old English ġeolca, from Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic gelu, from Proto-Germanic gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós — to flourish; green, yellow.

unyolked (English): From which the yolk has been removed

Definitions

  1. From which the yolk has been removed

Ancestry of “unyolked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyolkedHaving a specified type of yolk
2EnglishyolkThe yellow, spherical part of an egg that is...
3Middle Englishyolke
4Old Englishġeolca
5Old Englishġeoluyellow
6Proto-West Germanicgeluyellow
7Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃-