German Gevatter

← Old English ġefædera (cognate)

← German ge- (affix)

← German Vater (affix)

← Middle High German gevatere (inherited)

← Middle High German gevater (mention)

← Middle High German gefater (mention)

← Middle Low German gevādere (cognate)

← Proto-West Germanic *gafaderjō (inherited)

← Old High German gifatero (inherited)

← Dutch gevader (cognate)

→ English gaffer (cognate)

→ Old English gefædera (cognate)

→ Cimbrian ghebaatar (cognate)

→ Saterland Frisian Fadder (cognate)