Where does “Galdnut” come from?

Galdnut (East Central German) comes from Albanian gald, from Proto-Albanian galda, from Old Swedish giælda, from Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- — to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay.

Galdnut (East Central German): shortage of money, financial shortages

Definitions

  1. shortage of money, financial shortages

Ancestry of “Galdnut”, step by step

Galdnut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian gald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangald
2Proto-Albaniangalda
3Old Swedishgiældato pay; to suffice as payment
4Old Norsegjaldato repay, return; to give; to pay for, suffer on...
5Proto-Germanicgeldanąto pay; to have/give value
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeldʰ-to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay

via East Central German Nut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanNutneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic geldanąEvery word from Old Norse gjalda