Where does “welasuht” come from?

welasuht (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

Ancestry of “welasuht”, step by step

welasuht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *gelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gelu—
2Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow

via Proto-Germanic suhtiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
2Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
3Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “welasuht”

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