Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/geld

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldą.

Noun

*geld n

1. payment

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*geld
Genitive	*geldas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*geld	*geldu
Accusative	*geld	*geldu
Genitive	*geldas	*geldō
Dative	*geldē	*geldum
Instrumental	*geldu	*geldum

Derived terms

• *werageld

Descendants

• Old English: ġield, ġild, ġyld, ġeld
  • Middle English: ȝeld
    • English: yield
    • Scots: ȝeld, ȝeild
  • → Medieval Latin: geldum, gildum
• Old Frisian: ield, geld, jeld
  • North Frisian: jild
  • Saterland Frisian: Jield, Jäild
  • West Frisian: jild
• Old Saxon: geld
  • Middle Low German: gelt
    • German Low German: Geld
      • Plautdietsch: Jelt
• Old Dutch: geld
  • Middle Dutch: gelt, ghelt, gheld
    • Dutch: geld
      • Afrikaans: geld
        • → Sotho: tjhelete
        • → Venda: tshelede
      • Jersey Dutch: xjäält, xält
      • Negerhollands: geld, gelt
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: galti
    • Limburgish: gèldj
• Old High German: kelt, gelt
  • Middle High German: gelt
    • German: Geld
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Geld
    • Central Franconian: Jeld
      • Hunsrik: Geld
    • Bavarian: Goid
      • Cimbrian: gèlt
    • Alemannic German: Gäld
    • Luxembourgish: Geld
    • Vilamovian: giełd
    • Yiddish: געלט (gelt)
      • → English: gelt