Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “giute” come from?

giute (Middle High German) comes from Old High German guotī, from West Germanic *gōdī, from Germanic *gōdį̄.

Ancestry of “giute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanguotī—
2West Germanic*gōdī—
3Germanic*gōdį̄—

Words derived from “giute”

  • Wassergüte
  • Güte
  • grundgütig
  • gütig
  • gütlich
Every word from Germanic *gōdį̄ →