Where does “gottgegeben” come from?
gottgegeben (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.
gottgegeben (German): God-given
Definitions
- God-given
Ancestry of “gottgegeben”, step by step
gottgegeben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German gott
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gott | god |
| 2 | Middle High German | got | god; deity |
| 3 | Old High German | got | god |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via German gegeben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gegeben | past participle of geben; given; preexisting |
| 2 | German | geben | to give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | geben | to give |
| 4 | Old High German | geban | to give |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | geban | to give |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |