Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German gel (inflected gelwe), from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz. Cognates include German gelb, Yiddish געלב (gelb), געל (gel), Dutch geel, English yellow; also Latin helvus, Lithuanian žel̃vas.

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Adjective

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gölb (comparative gölber, superlative gölbstn) (Northern Bavarian, Southern Bavarian)

  1. yellow

See also

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Colors in Bavarian · Foarbm (layout · text)
     weiß      grau      schwoarz
             roud/rood              oransch/orange; braun              gejb/gölb/gööb
                          grea/grean             
                          blau              blau
             lila, violett              lila              rosa