gelb

German (Berlin)

/ɡɛlp/

adj
Definitions
  • yellow
  • (politics) pertaining to the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
  • (archaic) blond

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gel inherited from Old High German gelo inherited from *gelu (yellow) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (yellow) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰelh₃-

Gloss

shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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