gevader

godfather

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣə.vaː.dər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: gevādere

Inherited from Old Dutch: *gefadero

In summary

From Middle Dutch gevādere, from Old Dutch *gefadero, from Proto-West Germanic *gafadurjō (literally “co-father”). Equivalent to ge- (“co-”) + vader (“father”).

Concepts

godfather

Synonyms

peter

Translations

padrí

Pate

νονός

parrain

padrino

patrinus

pairin

chrzestny

ojciec chrzestny

padrinho

padrino

vaftiz baba

kirve