English
foodyolk
From food + yolk.
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to guard, graze, feed’
Proto-Germanic *fōdô ‘food’
Proto-West Germanic *fōdō
Old English fōda ‘food’
Middle English fode ‘food’
English food
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
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Proto-West Germanic *gelu ‘yellow’
Old English ġeolu ‘yellow’
Old English ġeolca ‘the yellow part, yolk’
Middle English yolke
English yolk
Today it means
noun The yolk of an egg, especially when used as food for the developing embryo.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foodyolk