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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/guldijā

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the zero grade of *geldan.

Noun

*guldijā f

debt, financial duty
fee, payment

Descendants

⇒? Old English: gylt m (cannot be directly from this, but possibly related)
- (Middle English: gilt, gult)
  - (English: guilt)
Old Saxon: *guldia
- Middle Low German: gülde
Old Dutch: *gulda
- Middle Dutch: gulde
Old High German: *gulta
- Middle High German: gülte, gulte
  - German: Gülte

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