Where does “gad” come from?

gad (Irish) comes from Old Irish gataid, from Old Irish gait, from Proto-Celtic gozdis.

gad (Irish): withe; string, rope, band; Obsolete spelling of...

Definitions

  1. withe; string, rope, band; Obsolete spelling of...

Ancestry of “gad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgataidto take away, to remove; to steal; For quotations...
2Old Irishgaitverbal noun of gataid: theft
3Proto-Celticgozdis—

Words derived from “gad”

Every word from Proto-Celtic gozdis →Every word from Old Irish gait →Every word from Old Irish gataid →