{"id":24200,"date":"2025-09-05T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24200"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:30:31","slug":"yielding-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24200","title":{"rendered":"Yielding Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What links the word <strong>yield<\/strong> with <strong>payments<\/strong>, <strong>tax<\/strong> and <strong>gold<\/strong>? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/orudge\/3630146809\/in\/photolist-6wMsb6-fQNgxB-ia4U46-6NgFjX-eDigaW-AzqFfW-dWkXcY-BZkXV8-4taBoQ-dVXfVx-eHuvLo-e2kRsU-dS3Y4a-eWgGEZ-mTdPc-8ngCSs-eHuQjf-6B51Ad-eDicFw-eP3CsL-gubuWy-e2BERE-KdG8V-6iB72J-dSVojG-6Jz4uA-nA1pD-JmYyuQ-2a1k5Z5-eWt8DQ-eK2fZr-bTpKL6-eDc8st-LA9fYc-dkz4hd-21DCbWo-dNqQip-kgUijg-DyhuLA-4fWmYF-FZ1F8-K7eFiZ-2aAzRLx-qLdpv-gu6L2d-8Zh5hh-KZvHkY-SB2xgA-eEWiki-eHuQgN\" title=\"Yield sign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3539\/3630146809_e3842a71c5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"Yield sign\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanings of <strong>yield<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.<\/li>\n<li>To give up; to surrender or capitulate. <\/li>\n<li>A product.<\/li>\n<li>The quantity of something produced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And it used to mean payment, money or tribute. <\/p>\n<p>The verb comes from Middle English <em>y\u0113\u0323lden<\/em> (to relinquish, give up, surrender, to pay, to fullfil an obligation), from Old English <em>\u0121ieldan<\/em> (to pay, to reward, to worship), from Proto-West Germanic <em>*geldan<\/em> (to pay for), from Proto-Germanic <em>*geldan\u0105<\/em> (to pay, to have\/give value), from Proto-Indo-European <em>*g\u02b0eld\u02b0-<\/em> (to pay, to repay).<\/p>\n<p>The noun comes from the same PIE root, via Middle English <em>y\u0113\u0323ld<\/em> (tax, agricultural yield, reward, recompense), Old English <em>\u0121ield<\/em> (payment, tax, tribute, cost), Proto-West Germanic <em>*geld<\/em> (payment), and Proto-Germanic <em>*geld\u0105<\/em> (reward, gift, money) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/yield#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>guild<\/strong> in English, <strong>geld<\/strong> (money) and <strong>gelden<\/strong> (to apply, count, be considered) in Dutch, <strong>Geld<\/strong> (money) and <strong>gelten<\/strong> (to be valid, count, be worth) in German, <strong>gjald<\/strong> (fee, payment) and <strong>gjalda<\/strong> (to pay) in Icelandic, <strong>g\u00e6ld<\/strong> (debt, debts) and <strong>g\u00e6lde<\/strong> (to hold good, be valid) in Danish, <strong>gille<\/strong> (feast, guild) in Swedish, and <strong>geall<\/strong> (pledge, pawn, token, bet, asset, prize) in Irish [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/yield#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photos_by_laurence\/52585552897\/in\/photolist-2i3yL5d-33sV4h-b1kbjg-7SXgu-vrwmK-4bCiaT-4bCidc-2o7NGPK-2o6Cf7F-8YqSaG-uEAAk-5LhcY4-4bQmBR-Py1mde-isEQik-2mQNbtG-7r9Vfh-2kfx3xe-BKRpvo-5LBrDz-7r62yz-4btgta-7r9XuS-7r9Gk7-bbtidM-7ox3em-4ccn9V-dzCto1-2i4vJU9-5Mp9NK-i16H7N-5MRtgA-2i5Z2Pg-qwszeJ-5PJ8r3-qp74DC-i63nAj-i34fxt-4cckTR-qr9q6c-7nJB3B-92ZcZY-4byzER-vwJ5U-95suj4-Py17AK-4c9Uu7-2qviqAu-5LwGtP-2mUS8Ko\" title=\"Dreidels &amp; Gelt - Hanukkah 2022\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52585552897_2a3a7cd54f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Dreidels &amp; Gelt - Hanukkah 2022\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>gelt<\/strong> means money, tribute, tax, or chocolate coins usually eaten on Hanukkah (a.k.a. Hanukkah gelt). It originated in thieves&#8217; cant and Polari in the UK, and was later adopted by Jews and used in general slang. It comes from the same roots as <strong>yield<\/strong>, etc, via Middle High German <em>gelt<\/em> (money) and Yiddish <strong>\u05d2\u05e2\u05dc\u05d8<\/strong> (gelt &#8211; money) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gelt#Etymology_4\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>geld<\/strong>, which historically meant a payment, particularly a medieval form of land tax, also comes from the same roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/geld#Etymology_1\">source<\/a>]. It is found in <strong>Danegeld<\/strong>, a tax raised originally to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries and later continued as a land tax [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Danegeld#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What links the word yield with payments, tax and gold? Let&#8217;s find out. Meanings of yield include: To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. To give up; to surrender or capitulate. A product. The quantity of something produced. And it used to mean payment, money or tribute. The verb comes from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,102,104,107,116,124,127,10,26,177,33,44,45,202,67,78,82],"tags":[491,164,158,490,489,492,138,281,163,488],"class_list":["post-24200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danish","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-german","category-icelandic","category-irish","category-language","category-middle-english","category-middle-high-german","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-proto-germanic","category-proto-indo-european","category-proto-west-germanic","category-swedish","category-words-and-phrases","category-yiddish","tag-danegeld","tag-english","tag-etymology","tag-geld","tag-gelt","tag-guild","tag-language","tag-omniglot","tag-words","tag-yield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24200"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24204,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200\/revisions\/24204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}