Etymology

yielder

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Today it means: Someone or something that yields a crop or other product. Full definition →

Middle English yeldere ← Old English ġylda ← Proto-West Germanic *geldō
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*geldō“payer”
  2. Old English · derived fromġylda
  3. Middle English · inherited fromyeldere
  4. English todayyielder

From Middle English yeldere, ȝelder, ȝeldere, continuing (with change of suffix) Old English ġylda, ġilda (“one who pays, yielder”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldō (“payer”). Equivalent to yield + -er.

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