gowd
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Etymology edit
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”).
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Noun edit
gowd
Adjective edit
gowd (comparative mair gowd, superlative maist gowd)