Words that come from Proto-Germanic “gōdaz”
400 words across 49 languages descend from Proto-Germanic gōdaz — including good, God, better, best, goods, gods, god, gospel.
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English (186)
- good
- God
- better
- best
- goods
- gods
- god
- gospel
- beast
- godly
- goodly
- Goodwin
- godliness
- betterment
- goddamn
- godlike
- goodnight
- bestseller
- beater
- gosh
- bettering
- goody
- gad
- bested
- golly
- demigod
- goddam
- gadfly
- godforsaken
- gooder
- goodish
- goodie
- Godward
- goodhearted
- beastie
- goddammit
- agood
- godparent
- bestest
- goodliness
- godship
- gadabout
- zounds
- godling
- beastlike
- eggbeater
- gooding
- bettermost
- gospeller
- bestie
- godpapa
- wifebeater
- godlikeness
- goodest
- bester
- Goddy
- ungodlike
- goodheartedness
- godman
- gadder
- goll
- godparenthood
- betterer
- gospeler
- dadgum
- godparenting
- minibeast
- begod
- godlily
- bestsellerdom
- bestness
- godsent
- skygod
- overgood
- antigod
- godforsakenness
- gospelly
- ungod
- ungoodly
- beasting
- drumbeater
- gospelize
- smallgoods
- beasthood
- nongoods
- leathergoods
- goshawful
- goodfella
- makegood
- goodheartedly
- goodo
- nongood
- ohmygosh
- scattergood
- softgoods
- supergood
- bettereth
- godkind
- godmama
- godparental
- werebeast
- hardgoods
- bettern't
- dagnabbit
- gaddest
- carpetbeater
- betterest
- goodsire
- beastling
- godwards
- embetterment
- gooden
- antigospel
- protogospel
- beastmaster
- godwoman
- beastish
- nongod
- demigodhood
- betterish
- godforsakenly
- gospellike
- unbetterable
- undergod
- gaddeth
- beastishness
- bebeast
- beastdom
- gaddish
- gaddishness
- gadsman
- goodyship
- gospelmonger
- unbeast
- wife beater
- goshdarnit
- God botherer
- best-seller
- god-king
- Good Friday
- thunder god
- goddidit
- hosebeast
- ods bodikin
- embetter
- gospelesque
- betterhood
- goddist
- goshawfully
- beasten
- disgospelling
- merbeast
- God wink
- godlore
- goshdang
- farebeater
- exgod
- ex-god
- besteth
- hambeast
- goshwow
- good name
- godite
- smallgood
- beast of venery
- good-minded
- goodlihood
- godslaughter
- goodfic
- gospelphile
- dogoodery
- disgodded
- uber-good
- bestestest
- bettererer
- feelgoodery
- bettership
- deityforsaken
- gorram
- betterfy
- goodsome
- anti-good
- godpappy
- bell curve god
- Besserwisser
- bist