English
Root
godo
jealousy, envy, zeal, the possessive regard of one who will not be shared
God descends from Shona godo, the jealous and unshared regard invoked
- Confidence
- 72/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- GodEnglish
The consensus position
Mainstream comparative linguistics derives English God from Old English god and Proto-Germanic *gudą, a Germanic-internal neuter formation usually traced to a Proto-Indo-European *-to- participle of *ǵʰewH- "to call, invoke" or of the homophonous *ǵʰew- "to pour a libation". No connection to Shona or any Bantu language is recognised; Shona godo "jealousy" is an unrelated native Bantu noun.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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