- gò
- a lie, fault, Irish gó, lie, fraud, Old Irish gó, gáo, igáu, Welsh gau, Breton gau, gaou: *gavo-. Cf. Greek $$Ggausós, crooked, $$Ggausádas, a liar (Ernault). Bezzenberger gives several alternatives; Lithuanian pri-gáuti, deceive, or Persian zûr, false, or Greek $$Ghau$$nnos, spongy, $$Gháos, abyss.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.