- gèadh
- a goose, Irish géadh, Early Irish géd, Welsh gwydd, Old Cornish guit, auca, Cornish goydh, goose, Breton goaz, gwaz: *gegdo-, root geg, cry like a goose; Norse gagl, wild goose, Middle High German gage, gige, cry like a goose, gigze produce inarticulate sound; Lithuanian gagónas, goose-like, Servian gagula, a water-fowl, Russ. gagara, silver-diver (Stokes). It cannot be referred to the roots of English goose and gander (ghans-, ghandro-.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.