gouge

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*gulbā
2. Gaulish · derived from*gulbiā
3. Late Latin · derived fromgoia
4. Old French · derived fromgouge
5. Middle English · inherited fromgouge“chisel with concave blade; gouge”
6. English todaygouge

From Middle English gouge (“chisel with concave blade; gouge”), from Old French gouge, goi (“gouge”), from Late Latin goia, gubia, gulbia (“chisel; piercer”), borrowed from Gaulish *gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic *gulbā, *gulbi, *gulbīnos (“beak, bill”). The English word is cognate with Italian gorbia, gubbia (“ferrule”), Old Breton golb, Old Irish gulba (“beak”), Portuguese goiva, Scottish Gaelic gilb (“chisel”), Spanish gubia (“chisel, gouge”), Welsh gylf (“beak; pointed instrument”), gylyf (“sickle”). The verb is derived from the noun.

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