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Gentner

Gentner comes from German Gentner, from gelten ‘to yield, pay’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *geldaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*geldaną‘to pay’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*geldan‘to pay for’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gëltan‘to pay’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gëlten
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentgelten‘to yield, pay’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentGentner
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*geldaną‘to pay’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*geldan‘to pay for’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050gëltan‘to pay’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gëlten
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentgelten‘to yield, pay’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentGentner
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *geldaną ‘to pay’

yielding, gillie, 2 more

through Proto-West Germanic *geldan ‘to pay for’

yield, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *geldaną / Gentner

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