Where does “gull” come from?

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

gull (Old Norse): gold; a jewel, thing of value, especially a...

Definitions

  1. gold; a jewel, thing of value, especially a...

Ancestry of “gull”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gull”

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