Where does “gold” come from?

gold (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

gold (Old English): gold

Definitions

  1. gold

Ancestry of “gold”, step by step

gold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic gulþą

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

via Proto-West Germanic golþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgolþgold

Words derived from “gold”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic gulþą →
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