Where does “gold” come from?
gold (German) comes from Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic golþ — gold.
Ancestry of “gold”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | golt | — |
| 2 | Old High German | gold | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | golþ | gold |