god

god · noun, proper noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰutós?
3. Proto-Germanic*gudą
4. Proto-West Germanic*god
5. Old Englishgod
6. Middle Englishgod
7. English todaygod

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto-West Germanic *god n, from Proto-Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Cognates Cognate with Scots God (“God”), Yola God, Gud (“God”), gud (“god”), Saterland Frisian God (“God”), West Frisian God (“God”), god (“deity, god”), Alemannic German, Cimbrian, German, Luxembourgish and Mòcheno Gott (“God”), Central Franconian Jott (“God”), Dutch god (“deity, god”), Limburgish Gód (“God”), gód (“god”), Vilamovian Göt (“God”), Yiddish גאָט (got, “god; God”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish gud (“god; God”), Faroese Gud (“God”), Icelandic goð (“idol, pagan god”), guð, Guð (“God”), Norwegian Nynorsk Gu, Gud (“God”), gu, gud (“god”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ, “deity, god; God”). Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

God · proper noun, noun, interjection²

1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰutós?
3. Proto-Germanic*gudą
4. Proto-West Germanic*god
5. Old Englishgod
6. Middle Englishgod
7. Middle EnglishGod
8. English todayGod

Derived from Middle English God. From a proprialization of the common noun, god.

GOD · proper noun³

See god and God.

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