Where does “Gog” come from?

Gog comes from Welsh gog, of unknown origin.

Gog (English): A person from north Wales

Definitions

  1. A person from north Wales

Ancestry of “Gog”, step by step

Gog traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Welsh gog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1WelshgogSoft mutation of cog
2Welshgogleddnorth; North Wales; a territory comprising...
3Welshcleddleft; left hand; left side
4Old Welshcled
5Proto-Brythonickleðleft; northern
6Proto-Celtickliyā
7Proto-Celtickliyosleft
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via English agog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishagogIn eager desire, eager, astir; Wide open; In a...
2Middle Englishagogge
3Old Frenchenin; inside; on; upon; in
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewגּוֹג
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-