געלט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German gelt, from Old High German gelt (“payment, money”) (compare German Geld), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”) (compare Dutch geld (“money”), Danish gjæld (“debt”), Swedish gäld (“debt”), English geld), from Proto-Indo-European *gheldh- (“to pay”).

Noun

געלט • (gelt) n, plural געלטער‎ (gelter)

money

Descendants

English: gelt

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