köken: From Middle High German pate, bate, from Medieval Latin pāter spīrituālis. Compare Middle Low German pāde, Old High German pate (“godmother”), Middle High German pfetter (from Old High German pfetiro (“godfather”)). Related to German Pfetter.
A godparent, or (more strictly) a godfather (person present at the christening who agrees to help raise the child) · A sponsor, a supporter (of a company, project, or the like) · A mentor, a buddy; someone who helps and guide somebody in certain situations, for instance in a school or workplace.
köken: Inherited from Old Swedish fadder, derived from Low German vadder, short for Low German gevadder, calque of Latin compater, affix of com- (“joint”) + pater (“father”). First attested in 1491.
female equivalent of chrzestny, an ellipsis of matka chrzestna (“godmother”)
çekim: çoğul chrzestne · tamlayan chrzestnej
eş: matka chrzestna, kuma, kmotra
köken: Etymology tree Polish chrzestny Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ Proto-Slavic *-a Old Polish -a Polish -a Polish chrzestna From chrzestny + -a.
godparent, godfather or godmother · an invited guest, supporter or speaker for a certain cause
çekim: çoğul kummit · tamlayan kummin
eş: kummisetä, kummitäti
köken: Borrowed either from Old Swedish gumme (“man”) (compare Swedish gumma) or from Russian кум (kum, “godfather”), кума́ (kumá, “godmother”) (compare Latvian kūma (“godparent”), Latvian kūmas (“godparent”)).
godparent (a person who, at a child's naming ceremony or baptism, agrees to help raise the child, originally and especially in regard to their religious development)
çekim: çoğul keresztszülők
köken: From kereszt (“baptizing, christening”) + szülő (“parent”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese padrỹo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”), from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare Portuguese padrinho, Spanish padrino.