different between godmother vs nannan

English

Etymology

From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godm?dor (“godmother”), equivalent to god +? mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???dm?ð?/
• Hyphenation: god?mother

Noun

godmother (plural godmothers)

1. A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

Synonyms

• co-mother
• cummer

Hypernyms

• godparent

Hyponyms

• godchild
• goddaughter
• godson

Related terms

• godfather

Translations

Verb

godmother (third-person singular simple present godmothers, present participle godmothering, simple past and past participle godmothered)

1. (transitive) To act as godmother to.
   • 1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay

     The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.

References

• godmother on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

godmother

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of godmoder

English

Etymology

Compare nan (“grandmother”).

Noun

nannan (plural nannans)

1. (slang, US) grandmother

Finnish

Noun

nannan

1. Genitive singular form of nanna.