gold
Middle English
/ɡɔːld/
noun
Definitions
- gold metal
Etymology
Inherited from Old English gold (gold) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (gold) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (gold), *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish), *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
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gold Star English
- Goldie English
- antigold English
- begold English
- chloride English
- chloro- English
- digold English
- e-gold English
- eka-gold English
- fluorogold English
- gilden English
- gold English
- gold star English
- gold-beater English
- gold-bronze English
- goldback English
- goldbeater English
- goldbeating English
- goldbrick English
- goldcrest English
- goldcup English
- golden English
- goldeye English
- goldfield English
- goldfinch English
- goldfish English
- goldhammer English
- goldie English
- golding English
- goldish English
- goldless English
- goldlike English
- goldlip English
- goldly English
- goldminer English
- goldmohur English
- goldness English
- goldrush English
- goldseed English
- goldsmith English
- goldsmithing English
- goldsmithy English
- goldtail English
- goldthread English
- goldtone English
- goldware English
- goldwork English
- goldy English
- guilder English
- immunogold English
- nanogold English
- nongold English
- organogold English
- potable gold English
- radiogold English
- supergold English
- tetragold English
- tetraxenonogold English
- trigold English
- ungold English
- fel Latin
- fel, felle Latin
- glisco Latin
- zöld Hungarian
- geel Dutch, Flemish
- gouden Dutch, Flemish
- желтеть Russian
- желтуха Russian
- δαρεικός Ancient Greek
- ζέλκια Ancient Greek
- κάλαθος Ancient Greek
- χλωρός Ancient Greek
- χλόη Ancient Greek
- χολέρα Ancient Greek
- χολέρᾰ Ancient Greek
- χολή Ancient Greek
- χόλος Ancient Greek
- ἀρσενικόν Ancient Greek
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃-, *ǵʰelh₃-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰlh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃-en-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃tom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰĺ̥tom Proto-Indo-European
- gulne Norwegian Bokmål
- *gelwaz Proto-Germanic
- *glōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *gulaz Proto-Germanic
- *gulþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gulþą Proto-Germanic
- *gulþīnaz Proto-Germanic
- złotawy Polish
- złoty Polish
- gulna Norwegian Nynorsk
- gulne Norwegian Nynorsk
- Goldwine Old English
- gold Old English
- goldfah Old English
- goldhord Old English
- goldmæstling Old English
- goldsmiþ Old English
- goldwrecan Old English
- gylden Old English
- ġeolwian Old English
- colerik Middle English
- gilder Middle English
- gull Old Norse
- gulr Old Norse
- gylden Danish
- *zelenъ Proto-Slavic
- *zelьje Proto-Slavic
- *zolto Proto-Slavic
- *zoltъ Proto-Slavic
- *žьltъ Proto-Slavic
- colere Old French
- لاجورد Persian
- gold Cebuano
- gold Old High German
- glanaid Old Irish
- giallee Manx
- güldīn Middle High German
- giel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 Gothic
- *golþ gmw-pro
- golt Old Dutch
- *kulta Proto-Finnic
- *gello- Proto-Celtic
- *glanos Proto-Celtic
- *glastos Proto-Celtic
- glibberich Middle Low German
- gülden Middle Low German
- *ȷ́ʰárHiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- igolide Zulu
- gowd Scots
- yella Scots
- žalias Lithuanian
- gold Old Frisian
- geel German Low German
- gold Volapük
- goldin Volapük
- igolide Xhosa
- gol Tok Pisin
- *gilˀtas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gilˀtos Proto-Balto-Slavic
- koura Maori
- ܙܪܢܝܟܐ Classical Syriac
- gułd Vilamovian
- gwal Hausa
- goridhe Shona
- golide Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- igolide North Ndebele
- *gilˀtos bat-pro
- *želtas bat-pro
- *zarn Parthian
- goltz Crimean Gothic