Proto-Germanic

*geldaną

‘to pay, have value’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *geldaną.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, most familiar first.

• yield ← yielden ← ġieldan ← *geldan
• yielding ← ȝeldinge ← ġyldende ← ġieldan ← *geldan
• gillie ← gille ← gilla ← gildr ← *gildiz
• yold ← ġeald ← ġieldan ← *geldan
• yolden ← golden ← *guldanaz

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *geldaną