The story
- Dutch · derived fromkodde“piece of cylindrical wood”
- Middle French · derived fromgoderon
- French · borrowed fromgodron
- English todaygadroon
From French godron, from Middle French goderon, from a form of godet (“vase with wavy edges”) + -(e)ron, from Dutch kodde (“piece of cylindrical wood”). Also probably related to goder (“to pucker”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchgodron all →
godroon
Dutchkodde all →
godet
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.