Guth
/ɡuːθ/noun
An Old English word meaning battle or warfare.
Did you know?The same ancient Germanic battle-root survives in names such as Gunnar and Gunhild, and ultimately helped produce the modern word “gun.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gunþiz
“Battle or combat; the reconstructed Germanic ancestor.”
4th Century
Gothic
𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌸 (gunþ)
“Battle or warfare.”
7th–11th Century
Old English
gūþ
“Battle, war, or armed conflict.”
Middle English
English
guth
“A historical or dialectal spelling representing the Old English battle-word.”
Modern English
English
Guth
“An archaic or historical term encountered mainly in Old English scholarship and Germanic names.”