godsibb
Old English
noun
Definitions
- one who has become spiritually related to another (a baptized child or its parents) by acting as sponsor at baptism; godparent; sponsor
Etymology
Affix from Old English god (god, deity) + Old English sibb (peace, kinship, related, kinswoman, akin, concord, friendship, a relative, kinsman, sib, tranquility, gossip, peace of mind, kindness, unity, friendliness, love, relationship).
Origin
Old English
sibb
Gloss
peace, kinship, related, kinswoman, akin, concord, friendship, a relative, kinsman, sib, tranquility, gossip, peace of mind, kindness, unity, friendliness, love, relationship
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
✌️ 🕊️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Godiva English
- Goody English
- gossip English
- *sibjaz Proto-Germanic
- *sibjō Proto-Germanic
- cofgod Old English
- gedwolgod Old English
- god Old English
- godas Old English
- godcund Old English
- godhad Old English
- godscyldig Old English
- godwebb Old English
- godþrym Old English
- gyden Old English
- gydig Old English
- sibb Old English
- sibbegedriht Old English
- sibbleger Old English
- sibling Old English
- god Middle English
- godsib Middle English
- gossib Middle English
- sib Middle English
- sibbe Middle English
- goistidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *god gmw-pro
- God Scots
- goistibe Middle Irish