Where does “gout” come from?

gout (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

gout (Middle Dutch): gold

Definitions

  1. gold

Ancestry of “gout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgoltgold
2Proto-Germanicgulþągold
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “gout”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →