Where does “*guodon” come from?
*guodon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic gōdōn, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ- — to join; to unite; to suit.
Ancestry of “*guodon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | gōdōn | to make good, to make better, to improve |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *gōdaz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |