Where does “gojs” come from?

gojs (Dutch) comes from Dutch goj, from Yiddish גוי, from Hebrew גּוֹי — nation; gentile.

gojs (Dutch): goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic...

Definitions

  1. goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic...

Ancestry of “gojs”, step by step

gojs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch goj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgojA goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic...
2YiddishגויGentile/gentile, non-Jew
3Hebrewגּוֹיnation; gentile

via Proto-Slavic gojiti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgojitito treat, heal; to feed
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgájīˀtei—
Every word from Hebrew גּוֹי →Every word from Yiddish גוי →Every word from Dutch goj →