The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*goditi“to please”
- Lower Sorbian · derived fromGoda
- English todayGoede
* As a Dutch and north German surname, from personal names formed from the morphemes goed (“good”) and god (“god”), similar to the first element of Gottfried. * Also as a German surname, from the city Göda in Bautzen. * Also as a German surname, Germanized from Lower Sorbian Goda, a short form of the old Slavic name Godislav, comprised of Proto-Slavic *goditi (“to please”) + *slava (“fame”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Slavic*goditi all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.