Proto-Germanic
*gulþą
‘gold’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *gulþą.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, most familiar first.
- gold ← *golþ
- golden ← gilden ← gylden ← *gulþīn ← *gulþīnaz
- gild ← gilden ← gyldan ← *gulþijan ← *gulþijaną
- gilden ← gylden ← *gulþīn ← *gulþīnaz
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gulþą