Where does “goff” come from?

goff (English) comes from Breton gov, from Old Breton gob, from Proto-Celtic gobanos.

goff (English): Obsolete form of golf; A fool; a clown

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of golf; A fool; a clown

Ancestry of “goff”, step by step

goff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Breton gov

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretongovsmith
2Old Bretongob—
3Proto-Celticgobanos—

via English goffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgoffe—

Words derived from “goff”

Every word from Proto-Celtic gobanos →Every word from Old Breton gob →Every word from Breton gov →