The story
- Old English · inherited fromgoddohtor“goddaughter”
- Middle English · inherited fromgoddoghter
- English todaygoddaughter
From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god- + daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.