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Where does “gul” come from?

gul (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic gulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

gul (Norwegian Bokmål): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “gul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegulryellow
2Proto-Germanicgulazyellow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

Words derived from “gul”

  • gulrotkake
  • gulne
  • gule
  • gulnebblom
  • gulrot
  • gulaktig
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