From Proto-West Germanic *gotō, from Proto-Germanic *gutô. Possibly borrowed through Old English Gota. The expected native form is "Gosse", see Flosse and Sprosse (from Proto-Germanic *flutô and *sprutô respectively).

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Gote m (weak, genitive Goten, plural Goten, feminine Gotin)

1. Goth (male or of unspecified gender) (a person belonging to the Gothic people)

• Kleingote
• Krimgote (“Crimean Goth”)
• Ostgote (“East Goth, Ostrogoth”)
• Westgote (“West Goth, Visigoth”)

• Greutungen
• Ostrogothen
• Terwingen
• Visigothen

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gote”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.