From Middle English good, from Old English gōd (“good, virtuous, desirable, forable, salutary, pleasant, valid, efficient, suitable, considerable, sufficiently great”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”). Cognate with Scots guid (“good”), West Frisian goed (“good”), Dutch goed (“good”), Low German god (“good”), German gut (“good”), Danish and Swedish god (“good”), Icelandic góður (“good”), Lithuanian guõdas (“honor”), Albanian dial. hut (“good, fit, appropriate”), Old Church Slonic годъ (godŭ, “pleasing time”) and годенъ (godenŭ, “fitting, suitable”), Sanskrit गद्य (gádhya, “fitting, suitable”). Related to gather.
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From Middle English good, god, from Old English gōd (“a good thing, advantage, benefit, gift; good, goodness, welfare; virtue, ability, doughtiness; goods, property, wealth”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdą (“goods, belongings”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-, *gʰodʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”).
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From Middle English goode (“good, well”, adv), from the adjective. Compare Dutch goed (“good, well”, adv), German gut (“good, well”, adv), Danish godt (“good, well”, adv), Swedish godt (“good, well”, adv), all from the adjective.
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From Middle English goden, godien, from Old English gōdian (“to improve, get better; make better; endow, enrich”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdōną (“to make better, improve”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz (“good, fourable”).
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From English dialectal, from Middle English *goden, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish göda (“to fatten, fertilise, battle”), Danish gøde (“to fertilise, battle”), ultimately from the adjective. See above.
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Middle English from Old English gōd ghedh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition