Etymograph

English

Goes

Goes comes from Dutch Goes, and goes back to Old Dutch gus ‘stream’.

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150gus‘stream’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentGoes
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Dutchc. 500–1150gus‘stream’
  2. Dutchc. 1500–presentGoes
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Dutch gus / Goes