Where does “Goldlegierung” come from?

Goldlegierung (German) comes from German gold, from Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic golþ — gold.

Goldlegierung (German): gold alloy

Definitions

  1. gold alloy

Ancestry of “Goldlegierung”, step by step

Goldlegierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangoldgold (chemical element, Au)
2Middle High Germangolt—
3Old High Germangold—
4Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

via German Legierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLegierungalloy, alloying
Every word from Proto-West Germanic golþ →Every word from Old High German gold →Every word from Middle High German golt →