Where does “gott” come from?

gott (German) comes 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.

gott (German): god

Definitions

  1. god

Ancestry of “gott”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →