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YellEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
The name of the Shetland Island is from Pictish, cognate with Welsh iâl (“pastureland”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗yellEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗yellEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗yellEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
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