Where does “Gottesleugnung” come from?

Gottesleugnung (German) comes from German gott, from Middle High German got, from Old High German got, from Proto-West Germanic gōd, from Proto-Germanic gudą, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Gottesleugnung (German): atheism

Definitions

  1. atheism

Ancestry of “Gottesleugnung”, step by step

Gottesleugnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangottgod
2Middle High Germangotgod; deity
3Old High Germangotgod
4Proto-West Germanicgōdgood
5Proto-Germanicgudąinvoked one; god, deity
6Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
8Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via German Leugnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLeugnungdenialism, denial, negacionism, disavowal,...
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis →Every word from Proto-Germanic gastiz →