To call, to invoke. gewh— to call, name, shout out, cry, cry on.

Also similar to pour? ghew—

The etymology of the word “god” traces back to Old English “god,” which itself comes from Proto-Germanic “gudan.” The Proto-Germanic term is believed to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European “ǵhu-tó-m,” which is a derivative of the root “*ǵhau(É™)-,” meaning “to call” or “to invoke.”

The original meaning of the Proto-Indo-European root is associated with invoking or calling upon a higher power. This root evolved in various related languages to denote a deity or a supreme being. For instance, in Old Norse, the word became “guð,” in Dutch it turned into “god,” and in German, “Gott.”

The transition from a verb meaning “to invoke” to a noun referring to the entity being invoked illustrates the development of religious and spiritual concepts among Indo-European speaking peoples. The word “god” in English has come to represent a wide range of meanings, from the monotheistic God of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam to the gods and goddesses of polytheistic religions, and even more abstract concepts of divinity or supreme beingness.