Where does “guts” come from?

guts (Dutch) comes from French gouge, from Old French gouge, from Late Latin gubia, from Latin gulbia, from Gaulish gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic gulbā — beak.

guts (Dutch): gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid; a...

Definitions

  1. gouge, a suddenly flowing quantity of fluid; a...

Ancestry of “guts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgougegouge; female servant; prostitute
2Old Frenchgougegouge; woman
3Late Latingubiachisel
4Latingulbiapiercer, chisel
5Gaulishgulbiā—
6Proto-Celticgulbābeak

Words derived from “guts”

Every word from Proto-Celtic gulbā →Every word from Gaulish gulbiā →Every word from Latin gulbia →