English

godslaughter

From god + slaughter.

A compound of god + slaughter

Proto-Germanic *gudą ‘god, deity’

Proto-West Germanic *god ‘god, deity’

Old English god ‘god’

Middle English god

English god

Proto-Indo-European *slak- ‘to hit, strike, throw’

Proto-Germanic *slahaną ‘to hit, to strike’

Proto-Germanic *slahtrą

Old Norse *slahtr

Middle English slaughter

Today it means

noun The killing of a god or goddess.

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

Etymograph / godslaughter