Where does “goy” come from?

goy (English) comes from Old French goi, from Late Latin goia, from Latin gubia, from Gaulish gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic gulbā — beak.

goy (English): A non-Jew, a gentile

Definitions

  1. A non-Jew, a gentile

Ancestry of “goy”, step by step

goy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French goi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgoigouge
2Late Latingoia—
3Latingubia—
4Gaulishgulbiā—
5Proto-Celticgulbābeak

via Yiddish גוי

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishגויGentile/gentile, non-Jew
2Hebrewגּוֹיnation; gentile

Words derived from “goy”

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