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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

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
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