foryield

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*frageldaną
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*frageldan
3. Old English · inherited fromforġieldan“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”
4. Middle English · inherited fromforyelden“to requite, yield up”
5. English todayforyield

From Middle English foryelden (“to requite, yield up”), from Old English forġieldan (“to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frageldan, from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną, equivalent to for- + yield. Cognate with Scots foryeild (“to repay; recompense”), Saterland Frisian ferjäilde, West Frisian ferjilde, Dutch vergelden (“to reward, pay back”), German vergelten (“to repay, reward”).