Where does “gevater” come from?

gevater (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gifatero, from Proto-West Germanic gafaderjō.

gevater (Middle High German): godfather

Definitions

  1. godfather

Ancestry of “gevater”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangifaterogodfather
2Proto-West Germanicgafaderjō—

Words derived from “gevater”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic gafaderjō →Every word from Old High German gifatero →