Where does “gold” come from?

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

gold (German): gold (chemical element, Au)

Definitions

  1. gold (chemical element, Au)

Ancestry of “gold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangolt—
2Old High Germangold—
3Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

Words derived from “gold”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic golþ →Every word from Old High German gold →Every word from Middle High German golt →