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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/geldan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *geldaną.
Verb
*geldan
- to pay for
Inflection
| Class 3 strong | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *geldan | |
| 1st sg. past | *gald | |
| 3rd pl. past | *guldun | |
| Past ptcple | *goldan | |
| Infinitive | *geldan | |
| Genitive infin. | *geldannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *geldannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *geldannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *geldu | *gald |
| 2nd singular | *gildiʀi | *guldī |
| 3rd singular | *gildidi | *gald |
| 1st plural | *geldum | *guldum |
| 2nd plural | *gildid | *guldud |
| 3rd plural | *geldand | *guldun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *geldē | *guldī |
| 2nd singular | *geldēs | *guldī |
| 3rd singular | *geldē | *guldī |
| 1st plural | *geldēm | *guldīm |
| 2nd plural | *geldēþ | *guldīd |
| 3rd plural | *geldēn | *guldīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *geld | |
| Plural | *gildid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *geldandī | *goldan |
Descendants
- Old English: ġieldan
- Middle English: yielden, yelden
- Scots: yield
- English: yield
- Middle English: yielden, yelden
- Old Frisian: ielda
- West Frisian: jilde
- Serer: jilden
- Old Saxon: geldan
- Middle Low German: gelden
- Low German: gellen
- Middle Low German: gelden
- Old Dutch: *geldan
- Middle Dutch: gelden
- Dutch: gelden
- Limburgish: gèlje
- Middle Dutch: gelden
- Old High German: geltan
- Middle High German: gëlten
- German: gelten
- Luxembourgish: gëllen
- Middle High German: gëlten