gellen
Low German
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true
- (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force
- (transitive) to be worth
- (intransitive) to be meant for
- (intransitive) to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)
- (impersonal) to be necessary
- (intransitive) to pass; to go; (Like in standard German, often translated with laten (laten) as a unit into allow (allow), endure (endure), permit (permit), accept (accept), etc.)
Etymology
Derived from Old Saxon geldan derived from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (pay, compensate, yield, have give value, have value) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (pay, repay, pay for).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeldʰ-
Gloss
pay, repay, pay for
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
払
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ayield English
- foryield English
- misyield English
- outyield English
- postyield English
- upyield English
- yield English
- yieldable English
- yieldance English
- yielder English
- yieldest English
- yieldeth English
- yielding English
- yieldless English
- yieldly English
- yieldy English
- entgelten German
- gelten German
- vergelten German
- gelden Dutch, Flemish
- geldig Dutch, Flemish
- ontgelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelden Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰeldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *geldaną Proto-Germanic
- *geldą Proto-Germanic
- *gildiz Proto-Germanic
- *guldanaz Proto-Germanic
- geldan Old English
- gieldan Old English
- ġieldan Old English
- yielden Middle English
- gjalda Old Norse
- *želsti Proto-Slavic
- gjalda Icelandic
- xolda Galician
- gelden Middle Dutch
- geltan Old High German
- gelten Middle High German
- *geldan gmw-pro
- *geldan Old Dutch
- *gilda Old Dutch
- *geldom Proto-Celtic
- ageldan Old Saxon
- andgeldan Old Saxon
- geldan Old Saxon
- jilde Western Frisian
- ielda Old Frisian
- jelda Old Frisian