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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
YIELD.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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YIELD,
to resign, grant, produce, submit, give way. (E.) The orig.
sense was 'to pay.' M.E. gelden, ȝelden, yelden;
a strong verb; pt. t. yald, pp. yolden. Chaucer has un-yolden,
C. T. 2644. In P. Plowman, B. xii. 193, we have both yald
(strong) and ȝelte (weak), as forms of the pt. t.—A.S. gieldan,
geldan, gildan, to pay, restore, give up; pt. t. geald, pl. guldon,
pp. golden, Grein, i. 508. + Du. gelden. + Icel. gjalda,
pt. t. galt, pp. goldinn. + Dan. gielde. + Swed. gälla
(for gälda), to be of consequence, be worth. + G. gelten, to be worth; pt. t.
galt, pp. gegolten. + Goth. gildan, only in the compounds fra-gildan,
us-gildan,
to pay back. β. All from Teut. base GALD, to be worth, to pay for,
repay; Fick, i. 105. Prob. allied to Lithuan. galëti, W.
gallu, to be able, have power. Der. yield, sb., yield-ing, -ly; also
guild or
gild; also guilt.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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