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== Etymology == The word ''yellow'' is from the [[Old English]] {{Lang|ang|geolu, geolwe}} ([[oblique case]]), meaning "yellow, and yellowish", derived from the [[Proto-Germanic]] word ''gelwaz'' "yellow". It has the same [[Indo-European]] base, ''{{Lang|ine|gel-}}'', as the words ''gold'' and ''yell''; ''gΚ°el-'' means both bright and gleaming, and to cry out.<ref>''Webster's New World Dictionary of American English'', Third College Edition, (1988)</ref> The English term is related to other [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] words for ''yellow'', namely [[Scots language|Scots]] ''{{Lang|sco|yella}}'', [[East Frisian language|East Frisian]] ''jeel'', [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] ''{{Lang|fy|giel}}'', [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''{{Lang|nl|geel}}'', [[German language|German]] ''{{Lang|de|gelb}}'', and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] ''{{Lang|sv|gul}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=yellow&searchmode=none|title=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=26 November 2007|archive-date=15 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515042612/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=yellow&searchmode=none|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', the oldest known use of this word in English is from ''The Epinal Glossary'' in 700.<ref>{{cite web|title=yellow, adj. and n|url=https://www.oed.com/Entry/231534|website=Oxford English Dictionary|publisher=OUP|access-date=21 April 2011}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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