Etymograph

English

Goth

Goth comes from Proto-Germanic *gutô ‘a Goth’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutô‘a Goth’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Gotan
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Gothes
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2003Goth

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutô‘a Goth’reconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150Gotan
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Gothes
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2003Goth

Earliest quotation: 2003, Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill: “Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’

god, chemist, futile, giddy, gust, futility, gush, geyser, ingot, 23 more

through Proto-Germanic *geutaną ‘to pour’

yet, 2 more

Today it means

noun A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gutô / Goth

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