gowf

Scots

Alternative forms

• gowff
• golf, gouff (Middle Scots)

Etymology

From Middle Scots golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).

Noun

gowf (uncountable)

1. golf

Descendants

• → English: golf

Verb

gowf (third-person singular simple present gowfs, present participle gowfing, simple past gowfed, past participle gowfed)

1. to golf
2. to strike or cuff