god
Middle English
/ɡɔd/
noun
Definitions
- A god or deity; a divine individual.
- A person worshipped as a divinity.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English god (god, deity) inherited from *god inherited from Proto-Germanic *gudą (god, deity, invoked one) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (invoked, poured).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰutós
Gloss
invoked, poured
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Godiva English
- Goody English
- afgod English
- antigod English
- begod English
- demigod English
- ex-god English
- exgod English
- giddy English
- god English
- god-king English
- godbrother English
- goddaughter English
- goddess English
- goddish English
- godfather English
- godfearing English
- godforsaken English
- godhead English
- godhood English
- godite English
- godkiller English
- godkind English
- godless English
- godlike English
- godling English
- godlore English
- godly English
- godmama English
- godman English
- godmother English
- godness English
- godpapa English
- godpappy English
- godparent English
- gods English
- godship English
- godsister English
- godslaughter English
- godson English
- godwoman English
- gossip English
- halfgod English
- housegod English
- nongod English
- semigod English
- skygod English
- sungod English
- thunder god English
- undergod English
- ungod English
- godiche French
- χυτός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰutós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰutós, *ǵʰutóm Proto-Indo-European
- *gudą Proto-Germanic
- cofgod Old English
- gedwolgod Old English
- god Old English
- godas Old English
- godcund Old English
- godfæder Old English
- godhad Old English
- godmōdor Old English
- godscyldig Old English
- godsibb Old English
- godwebb Old English
- godþrym Old English
- gyden Old English
- gydig Old English
- fader Middle English
- goddes Middle English
- godfader Middle English
- godmoder Middle English
- godsib Middle English
- moder Middle English
- sibbe Middle English
- goð Old Norse
- guð Old Norse
- guð, goð Old Norse
- god Old High German
- got Old High German
- 𐌲𐌿𐌸 Gothic
- *god gmw-pro
- got Old Dutch
- *ȷ́ʰutás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- hodváb Slovak
- God Scots
- god Old Frisian
- gado Sranan Tongo