Where does “golf” come from?

golf (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse gólf, from Proto-Germanic gulbą — floor.

Ancestry of “golf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsególf—
2Proto-Germanicgulbąfloor

Words derived from “golf”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gulbą →Every word from Old Norse gólf →