yelow

== English == === Adjective === yelow Misspelling of yellow. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝelew, ȝelow, ȝelowe, ȝelw, ȝelwe, yelwe, yelewe geoleu, ȝeoleu, ȝeolow, ȝeoluh (Early Middle English) yalow, ȝalowe, ȝaulew, ȝhalew (especially East Saxon, Northern); ȝelhewe, ȝelhwe (Promptorium Parvulorum) ȝealwe, yolowe (Southern); yalew, ȝeleuȝ, ȝelouȝ, ȝoelou, ȝoelu, ȝolȝe, ȝolow (West Midland) === Etymology === From Old English ġeolu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃wós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛlɔu̯/, /ˈjɛluː/, /ˈjɛlwə/ IPA(key): /ˈjalɔu̯/, /ˈjaluː/, /ˈjalwə/ (especially East Saxon, Northern) IPA(key): /ˈjɛliu̯/, /ˈjɔliu̯/ (especially Kent, Southern, South Midland) === Adjective === yelow yellow, yellowish, gold c. 1398, Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, editors, Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242: yellow-coloured golden-brown (of hair) golden, blonde, light (of skin) yellow, sallow, pale blue-grey ==== Descendants ==== English: yellow Ottawa Valley: yollou, yullou West Riding: yollo, yallo Middle Scots: ȝallowScots: yella, yelly, yallow Yola: yullou, yellou ==== References ==== “yelwe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === Noun === yelow yellow (heraldry) yellow, or yellow textiles (rare) yellow pigment an egg yolk an object or feature notable for being yellow ==== Descendants ==== English: yellow, Scots: yella, yelly, yallow ==== References ==== “yelwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. === See also ===