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English word yellow comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-, Proto-Indo-European *-wós (Creates adjectives from verb stems.)

*ǵʰelh₃- (Proto-Indo-European)

*-wós (Proto-Indo-European)

Creates adjectives from verb stems.

*ǵʰelh₃-wos (Proto-Indo-European)

*ǵʰelh₃wós (Proto-Indo-European)

*gelwaz (Proto-Germanic)

Yellow.

ġeolwe (Old English)

yelwe (Middle English)

yellow (English)

(UK, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.. (chiefly, derogatory, offensive) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).. (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry. (dated, US) High yellow.. (informal) Lacking courage.. (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party (Germany) of Germany.. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid [...]

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