Where does “gow” come from?

gow (English) comes from Scottish Gaelic gobha, from Old Irish gobae, from Proto-Celtic gobanns — smith.

gow (English): opium

Definitions

  1. opium

Ancestry of “gow”, step by step

gow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic gobha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicgobhasmith, blacksmith
2Old Irishgobaesmith
3Proto-Celticgobannssmith

via Chinese 膏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese膏—
Every word from Proto-Celtic gobanns →Every word from Old Irish gobae →Every word from Scottish Gaelic gobha →