gowd

Scots

Alternative forms

• goold

Etymology

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʌud/

Noun

gowd

1. gold; wealth
   • Robert Burns

     The man's the gowd for a' that.

Adjective

gowd (comparative mair gowd, superlative maist gowd)

1. gold