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Why is there a y in yellow?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Yellow comes from the Old English, "geolu". As with many words, in a German translation the "G" sound is spelled with a "J" letter. And in German, the "J" sound is "Yuh". Hence, yellow, in its English translation.

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