English godfather

← Old English godfæder (inherited)

← Danish gudfader (cognate)

← Danish gudfar (mention)

← Middle Dutch godvader (cognate)

← English god (compound)

← English father (compound)

← Middle English godfader (inherited)

← Icelandic guðfaðir (cognate)

← Old Saxon godfadar (cognate)

← Swedish gudfader (cognate)

← Swedish gudfar (mention)

→ English gaffer (mention)

→ English godparent (mention)

→ English godfatherly (suffix)

→ English godfatherhood (suffix)

→ English godfatherless (suffix)

→ English godfatherlike (suffix)

→ English godfatherism (suffix)

→ English godfathership (suffix)

→ Dutch peetvader (derived)