Etymograph

English

foryield

Foryield comes from Middle English foryelden ‘to requite, yield up’, from Old English forġieldan ‘to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frageldaną‘to pay up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frageldan‘to pay up’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150forġieldan‘to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foryelden‘to requite, yield up’
  5. Englishtodayforyield

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*frageldaną‘to pay up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frageldan‘to pay up’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150forġieldan‘to pay for, reward, give up, forfeit’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500foryelden‘to requite, yield up’
  5. Englishtodayforyield

Formed from for- + yield

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Proto-Germanic *geldaną ‘to pay’

Proto-West Germanic *geldan ‘to pay’

Old English ġieldan ‘to pay’

Middle English yielden

English yield

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *frageldaną

Today it means

verb to pay back; recompense.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *frageldaną / foryield

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