Gelt Definition
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Origin of Gelt
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From Middle High German gelt (Modern German Geld), from Old High German gelt (“payment, money”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheldh- (“to pay”). Reinforced by Yiddish געלט (gelt). Cognate with native geld, Dutch geld (“money”), Danish gjæld (“debt”), Swedish gäld (“debt”).
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Yiddish from Middle High German geld from Old High German gelt recompense
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English, from gelden (“to geld, castrate”). More at geld.
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From Yiddish געלט (gelt). See above for more.
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From Irish geilt.
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Variation of gilt.
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