geld

Meaning

Noun

1. Money.
2. Money.

Verb

To tax geld.

Verb

1. To castrate a male (usually an animal).
2. To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.

Concepts

geld

castrate

emasculate

desex

sterilize

cut

neuter

demasculinise

unman

unsex

demasculinize

hysterectomize

alter

caponise

cut out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɛld/

Etymology

From Middle English geld and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ġield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”), Danish gæld (“debt”). Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc.
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jield, Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”). Also related to English yield.