Where does “briefgeld” come from?

briefgeld (Dutch) comes from Dutch brief, from Middle Dutch brief, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

briefgeld (Dutch): paper money

Definitions

paper money

Ancestry of “briefgeld”, step by step

briefgeld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch brief

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	brief	letter
2	Middle Dutch	brief	—
3	Latin	brevis	short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4	Proto-Italic	*breɣʷis	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	mréǵʰus	short; brief
6	Proto-Indo-European	mreǵʰ-	short

via Dutch geld

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	geld	money; not pregnant; male
2	Middle Dutch	gelde	—
3	Old Norse	geldr	yielding no milk, dry; barren, yielding no milk
4	Proto-Germanic	galdaz	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʰel-	to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

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