Where does “gelsuht” come from?
gelsuht (Middle High German) comes from Old High German welasuht, from Proto-Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
Ancestry of “gelsuht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | welasuht | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *gelu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gelwaz | yellow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃wós | yellow, green |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
Words derived from “gelsuht”