Where does “ġield” come from?

ġield (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic geld, from Proto-Germanic geldą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- — to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay.

ġield (Old English): payment, tribute

Definitions

  1. payment, tribute

Ancestry of “ġield”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgeldmoney
2Proto-GermanicgeldąThat which is paid out; reward, gift, money
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeldʰ-to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay

Words derived from “ġield”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geldą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geld →