Etymology

egg yolk

Today it means: The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh. Full definition →

Middle English egyolk
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromegyolk
  2. English todayegg yolk

From Middle English egyolk, egge yolk, equivalent to egg + yolk. Compare Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”).

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