Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English ġilte, *ġielte, from Proto-West Germanic *galtijā, from *galtō +‎ *-jā, from Proto-Germanic *galtô (whence Old Norse gylta, gyltr (young sow)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to cut).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

yelte

  1. (hapax) young sow

Descendants edit

  • English: yelt

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 434, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 434