gouzoug

Breton

From Middle Breton guozouc, from Old Breton guodoc (cognate to Welsh gwddwg), from Proto-Celtic *wodwos (“spoils”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰH- (“strike”). The sense evolution would be from referring to captives as (countable) necks.

gouzoug m (plural gouzougoù)

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Mutation of *gouzoug*
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	gouzoug	c'houzoug	unchanged	kouzoug
plural	gouzougoù	c'houzougoù	unchanged	kouzougoù