yield

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰeldʰ-“to pay”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*geldą“reward, gift, money”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*geld“payment”
4. Old English · inherited fromġield“payment”
5. Middle English · inherited fromȝeld“tax, payment”
6. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰeldʰ-“to pay”
7. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*geldaną“to pay”
8. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*geldan“to pay”
9. Old English · inherited fromġieldan“to pay”
10. Middle English · inherited fromyielden
11. English todayyield

From Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan (“to pay”), from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Doublet of geld. The noun is from Middle English ȝeld (“tax, payment”), from Old English ġield (“payment”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld (“payment”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognates Cognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid, matter, count, be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Faroese and Icelandic gjalda (“to pay”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjelde, gjelda (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Swedish gälda (“to pay”), gälla (“to apply, be regarded”). The noun is cognate with West Frisian jild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), Low German and German Geld (“money”), Danish gæld (“debt”), Faroese and Icelandic gjald (“fee, payment”), Norn gild (“payment”), Norwegian gjeld (“debt”), and Swedish gäld (“debt”). See also geld.

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