yell
English
/jɛl/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice.
- (transitive) to convey by shouting
- (slang) to tell someone off (in a loud and angry manner)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ȝellen inherited from Old English ġiellan inherited from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (yell, shout) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰel-
Gloss
shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outyell English
- yeller English
- yelleth English
- yelling English
- gellen German
- gillen Dutch, Flemish
- giller Dutch, Flemish
- gillerig Dutch, Flemish
- yell Dutch, Flemish
- yellen Dutch, Flemish
- χελιδών Ancient Greek
- χεῖλος Ancient Greek
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- golle Norwegian Bokmål
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *galdraz Proto-Germanic
- *galdrą Proto-Germanic
- *galpōną Proto-Germanic
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- *gelpą Proto-Germanic
- *glutōną Proto-Germanic
- *gōlijaną Proto-Germanic
- gealdor Old English
- giellan Old English
- ġiellan Old English
- yelle Middle English
- ȝellen Middle English
- ȝellynge Middle English
- gala Old Norse
- gella Old Norse
- gjalla Old Norse
- *žьlvъ Proto-Slavic
- gjalla Icelandic
- gellen Middle Dutch
- gellan Old High German
- գեղգեղեմ Old Armenian
- gëllen Middle High German
- *galan gmw-pro
- *gellan Old Dutch
- *galda Proto-Albanian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic