Gevatter
German (Berlin)
[ɡəˈfatɐ]
noun
Definitions
- godfather
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gevatere inherited from Old High German gifatero (godfather) inherited from *gafaderjō affix from German Vater (father).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Vater
Gloss
father
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
父
Emoji
🎅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- father English
- Beichtvater German
- Familienvater German
- Großvater German
- Gründervater German
- Kirchenvater German
- Landesvater German
- Pflegevater German
- Rabenvater German
- Schwiegervater German
- Stiefvater German
- Vater German
- Vaterbruder German
- Vaterland German
- Vatermörder German
- Vaterschaft German
- Vaterschwester German
- Vatersmutter German
- Vatersschwester German
- Vaterstadt German
- Vati German
- Ziehvater German
- vaterlos German
- väterlich German
- Ältervater German
- gevader Dutch, Flemish
- gevaderschap Dutch, Flemish
- fater Polish
- gefædera Old English
- gevādere Middle Dutch
- gifatero Old High German
- gevatere Middle High German
- vater Middle High German
- *gafaderjō gmw-pro
- *gefadero Old Dutch
- baatar Cimbrian
- ghebaatar Cimbrian
- fat Volapük