Where does “gold” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangold—
2Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

Words derived from “gold”

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