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Where does “Gothes” come from?

Gothes (Middle English) comes from Latin Gothi, from Icelandic goði, from Old Norse goði, from Proto-Germanic gudô, from Proto-Germanic gudjô, from Proto-Germanic gudą, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “Gothes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinGothiGoths
2Icelandicgoðigodi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or...
3Old Norsegoði—
4Proto-Germanicgudô—
5Proto-Germanicgudjôpriest
6Proto-Germanicgudąinvoked one; god, deity
7Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
9Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Gothes”

  • Gothic
  • gothic
  • Goth
  • goth
  • gothically
  • neogothic
  • gothy
  • Neogothic
  • Moesogothic
  • Gothlike
  • pseudogothic
  • ungothic
  • gothness
  • neogoth
  • gothiness
  • cybergothic
  • gothdom
  • mallgoth
  • Suio-Gothic
  • goth-like
  • netgoth
  • cybergoth
  • gothic
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