*gelwaz

Runic: ᚷᛖᛚᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣel.wɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

yellow

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-wó-s (‘yellow’), from *ǵʰelh₃- (‘green, yellow’) + *-wós. Cognate with Latin helvus (‘light-yellow’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	gelwaz	gelwō	gelwą, -atō	gelwai	gelwôz	gelwō
Acc.	gelwanǭ	gelwǭ	gelwą, -atō	gelwanz	gelwōz	gelwō
Gen.	gelwas, -is	gelwaizōz	gelwas, -is	gelwaizǫ̂	gelwaizǫ̂	gelwaizǫ̂
Dat.	gelwammai	gelwaizōi	gelwammai	gelwaimaz	gelwaimaz	gelwaimaz
Inst.	gelwanō	gelwaizō	gelwanō	gelwaimiz	gelwaimiz	gelwaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	gelwô	gelwǭ	gelwô	gelwaniz	gelwōniz	gelwōnō
Acc.	gelwanų	gelwōnų	gelwô	gelwanunz	gelwōnunz	gelwōnō
Gen.	gelwiniz	gelwōniz	gelwiniz	gelwanǫ̂	gelwōnǫ̂	gelwanǫ̂
Dat.	gelwini	gelwōni	gelwini	gelwammaz	gelwōmaz	gelwammaz
Inst.	gelwinē	gelwōnē	gelwinē	gelwammiz	gelwōmiz	gelwammiz

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Descendants

*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gelo (Old Dutch)
  - gelu, geluw, gēle (Middle Dutch)
    - geel (Dutch)
    - gael (Limburgish)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġeolu (Old English)
  - ȝelwe, ȝalow, yelow (Middle English)
    - yellow, yeller, yallow, yaller, yullow (English)
    - yella, yelly, yallow (Scots)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *jele (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - jeel (Saterland Frisian)
  - giel (West Frisian)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gelo (Old High German)
  - gël (Middle High German)
    - gäl, jäl, jell (Central Franconian)
    - gel, ghéel (Cimbrian)
    - gelb, gehl (German)
    - giel (Luxembourgish)
    - gehl (Pennsylvania German)
    - gaoł (Vilamovian)
    - געל (gel), געלב (gelb) (Yiddish)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gelo (Old High German)
  - gël (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
      - gahl, gäl (Alsatian)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gelo, gelu (Old Saxon)
  - gēl (Middle Low German)
    - jäl (Plautdietsch)
*gelu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gelo, gelu (Old Saxon)
  - gēl (Middle Low German)
    - ? (Low German)
      - gael, gel (Dutch Low Saxon)
      - gel, geel, gęl, gäl (German Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- goltz (Crimean Gothic)
- 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ) (Gothic)
- *kulta (Proto-Finnic)
- *kollē (Proto-Samic)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- gull, goll (Old Norse)
  - gull (Faroese)
  - gull (Gutnish)
  - gull (Icelandic)
  - gull (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- gull, goll (Old Norse)
  - ? (Old Danish)
    - guld (Danish)
      - kuulti (Greenlandic)
      - gull (Norwegian Bokmål)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- gull, goll (Old Norse)
  - gull (Old Swedish)
    - gull, guld (Swedish)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - golt, gold (Old Dutch)
    - gout (Middle Dutch)
      - góldj (Limburgish)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - golt, gold (Old Dutch)
    - gout (Middle Dutch)
      - goud (Dutch)
        
        goud (Afrikaans)
        
        gautu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
        
        gaut, goud, gout (Negerhollands)
        
        gaut (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - golt, gold (Old Dutch)
    - gout (Middle Dutch)
      - goud (Dutch)
        
        gowtu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        gautu (Caribbean Javanese)
        
        góútu (Saramaccan)
        
        koutu (Trió)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - gold (Old English)
    - gold (Middle English)
      - gold, gowd, goath, gould (English)
      - gooth, gowth, gowd, goold (Scots)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - gold (Old Frisian)
    - ? (North Frisian)
    - Gould (Saterland Frisian)
    - goud (West Frisian)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - gold, cold (Old High German)
    - golt (Middle High German)
      - Gold (Alemannic German)
      - Goid, Golt (Bavarian)
      - ? (Central Franconian)
      - ? (East Central German)
      - ? (East Franconian)
      - Gold (German)
      - Gold (Rhine Franconian)
      - גאָלד (gold) (Yiddish)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - gold (Old Saxon)
    - golt (Middle Low German)
      - Golt (Plautdietsch)
*gulþą (Proto-Germanic)
- *golþ (Proto-West Germanic)
  - gold (Old Saxon)
    - golt (Middle Low German)
      - Gold (Low German)
        
        Goolt, Guld, Gold (German Low German)

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