Where does “yolked” come from?

yolked (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

yolked (English): Having a specified type of yolk

Definitions

  1. Having a specified type of yolk

Ancestry of “yolked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyolkThe yellow, spherical part of an egg that is...
2Middle Englishyolke—
3Old Englishġeolca—
4Old Englishġeoluyellow
5Proto-West Germanicgeluyellow
6Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “yolked”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós →Every word from Proto-Germanic gelwaz →