Where does “jäl” come from?

jäl (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German gēl, from Old Saxon gelo, from Proto-West Germanic gelu, from Proto-Germanic gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

jäl (Plautdietsch): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “jäl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangēl—
2Old Saxongeloyellow
3Proto-West Germanicgeluyellow
4Proto-Germanicgelwazyellow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃wósyellow, green
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃wós →Every word from Proto-Germanic gelwaz →