Where does “yelke” come from?

yelke (Middle English) comes 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.

yelke (Middle English): The yolk; the yellow centre of an egg

Definitions

  1. The yolk; the yellow centre of an egg

Ancestry of “yelke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġeolca—
2Old Englishġeoluyellow
3Proto-West Germanicgeluyellow
4Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “yelke”

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