geal
Irish (Donegal)
/ɟalˠ/
noun
Definitions
- white, bright(ness)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish gel (shining, white, fair) inherited from Proto-Celtic *gelos derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (shine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰelh₂-
Gloss
shine
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yellowknife English
- Yellowstone English
- antiyellow English
- beyellowed English
- full-course yellow English
- infrayellow English
- nonyellow English
- unyellow English
- yeldrin English
- yellow English
- yellow bone English
- yellow-bellied English
- yellow-green English
- yellow-red English
- yellowback English
- yellowbelly English
- yellowberry English
- yellowbill English
- yellowbird English
- yellowcake English
- yellowcress English
- yellowen English
- yelloweye English
- yellowface English
- yellowfin English
- yellowfish English
- yellowhead English
- yellowhorn English
- yellowish English
- yellowjacket English
- yellowly English
- yellowmouth English
- yellowness English
- yellowroot English
- yellowseed English
- yellowshanks English
- yellowshins English
- yellowtail English
- yellowthroat English
- yellowtop English
- yellowware English
- yellowwood English
- yellowwort English
- yellowy English
- *móri Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- イエロー Japanese
- yelwe, yelow, yelou Middle English
- aol Irish
- aolgheal Irish
- aongheal Irish
- ceanngheal Irish
- gealán Irish
- gealóg Irish
- gel Old Irish
- gile Old Irish
- geal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- gial Manx
- *gelos Proto-Celtic
- iaļo Marshallese
- yelo Tok Pisin
- yelo Bislama