Old High German gelo

← Old English geolu (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *gelu (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (root)

→ English giallolino (derived)

→ Cimbrian gel (inherited)

→ Cimbrian ghéel (inherited)

→ German gelb (inherited)

→ Central Franconian jäl (inherited)

→ Hunsrik gelleb (inherited)

→ Yiddish געלב (inherited)

→ Yiddish געל (inherited)