Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰelh₃-

‘green, yellow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-, most familiar first.

• gold ← *golþ ← *gulþą ← *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m
• fell ← fel
• yellow ← yelwe ← ġeolwe ← ġeolu ← *gelu
• golden ← gilden ← gylden ← *gulþīn ← *gulþīnaz
• chlorine ← χλωρός ← *kʰlōrós ← *ǵʰl̥h₃rós
• gall ← galle ← ġealla ← *gallā ← *gallǭ
• cholera ← χολέρα
• felon ← feloun ← fel
• gullible ← gole ← gulr ← *gulaz
• yolk ← yolke ← ġeolca ← ġeolu ← *gelu
• glib ← glibberig ← glibberig ← glibberich
• choline ← χολή ← *kʰolā́

More words from *ǵʰelh₃-

• gild
• gilder
• zloty
• chlorella
• azurite
• lutein
• choleric
• haldi
• gilden
• yelm
• choler
• daric
• cholic
• acholia
• azulejo
• chloasma
• chrysochlore
• cholochrome
• chlorenchyma
• euchloric
• giallolino
• glede
• lazurite
• lutescent
• luteolous
• olitory
• oleraceous
• perchloro
• złoty
• zolotnik

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-