Where does “yolky” come from?

yolky (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.

yolky (English): Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics...

Ancestry of “yolky”, 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 “yolky”

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