Does “give” as in “capacity to bend” derive from “to give” or another word?

Question

I looked up the etymology of "give" on etymonline and it didn't say anything about the noun form. When I say the noun form, I'm speaking about "give" used in this context:

The building foundation has some give to mitigate the effects of earthquakes.

Answer 1

The OED says that the noun give derives from the verb, and means:

The action, fact, or quality of ‘giving’ (cf. sense 40 of the vb.); a yielding, giving way.

And where the referenced sense 40 is:

40. intr. To yield, give way.

• a. To yield to pressure or strain.

• b. Of a joint, the nerves: To lose tension, to become relaxed, to fail.

• c. (Of persons): To accommodate one’s attitude to; (of a dress) to adjust itself to (the varying curves of the figure). Also, to allow free play, yield to. Also, to give ground, draw back.

• d. To be affected by atmospheric influences;

  • (a).of colours, to fade;
  • (b).to deliquesce, effloresce, soften, or deteriorate, from the effect of damp;
  • (c).to become damp, (appear to) exude moisture, as a stone floor after a thaw (see eve v.²);
  • (d).of timber, to shrink from dryness.

• e. Of frosty weather: To relax its severity, to become mild; to thaw.

• f. what gives?: what is happening? (freq. as a question or merely as a form of greeting); so what gives with (someone or something)? = what is happening to?; what is (he, etc.) doing? (Cf. G. was gibt’s?) colloq. (orig. U.S.).

You probably should not consider Etymonline, which is mostly just cribbed from the OED anyway, to be a one-stop shopping center for these researches.