gouge

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʊdʒ/

Inherited from Middle English

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with Old Breton

Cognate with Old Irish

Cognate with Portuguese

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic

Cognate with Spanish

Cognate with Welsh

In summary

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.