Where does “Jelt” come from?

Jelt (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German gelt, from Old Saxon geld.

Jelt (Plautdietsch): money, currency

Definitions

  1. money, currency

Ancestry of “Jelt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangelt—
2Old Saxongeld—

Words derived from “Jelt”

Every word from Old Saxon geld →Every word from Middle Low German gelt →