Where does “yielding” come from?

Yielding comes from Middle English ȝeldinge, from Old English ġyldende, the present participle of Old English ġieldan, from Proto-Germanic geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ-.

yielding (English): present participle of yield; Docile, or inclined...

Definitions

  1. present participle of yield; Docile, or inclined...

Ancestry of “yielding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishȝeldinge—
2Old Englishġyldende—
3Old Englishġieldanto pay; to yield, pay, pay for, reward, requite,...
4Proto-Germanicgeldanąto pay; to have/give value
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeldʰ-to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay

Words derived from “yielding”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geldaną →Every word from Old English ġieldan →
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