yellyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[yell 词源字典]
yell: see nightingale
[yell etymology, yell origin, 英语词源]
yell (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English giellan (West Saxon), gellan (Mercian) "to yell, sound, shout," class III strong verb (past tense geal, past participle gollen), from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Norse gjalla "to resound," Middle Dutch ghellen, Dutch gillen, Old High German gellan, German gellen "to yell"), extended form of root of Old English galan "to sing" (source of the -gale in nightingale); from PIE *ghel- (1) "to call, cry out, shout, sing" (cognates: Greek kikhle "thrush," khelidon "the swallow"). Intransitive sense from early 13c. Related: Yelled; yelling.
yell (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
late 14c., originally in Scottish, from yell (v.).