Where does “קוואַטער” come from?

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

קוואַטער (Yiddish): person who traditionally carries the baby into...

Definitions

  1. person who traditionally carries the baby into...

Ancestry of “קוואַטער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangevatergodfather
2Old High Germangifaterogodfather
3Proto-West Germanicgafaderjō—

Words derived from “קוואַטער”

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