Goethe

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German word Goethe comes from Proto-Germanic *gudjô

*gudjô (Proto-Germanic)

(pagan) priest (responsible for sacrifices and temple custodian).

coting (Old High German)

göte (Middle High German)

Goethe (German)

A surname, notably of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

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