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Etymology of gooly

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gew- Proto-Indo-European *-los Proto-Indo-European *gewlos Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawlas, *gawlam Proto-Indo-Aryan *gawlas, *gawlam? Dravidianbor.? Sanskrit गोल (gola) Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

singular of goolies: a testicle. · A pebble, a small rock.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gew- Proto-Indo-European *-los Proto-Indo-European *gewlos Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawlas, *gawlam Proto-Indo-Aryan *gawlas, *gawlam? Dravidianbor.? Sanskrit गोल (gola) Proto-Indo-Iranian *i- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas Sanskrit -इक (-ika) Sanskrit -इका (-ikā) Sanskrit गोलिका (golikā) Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (goliyā) Hindi गोली (golī)bor.? English gooly Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in another Indian language, ultimately from Sanskrit गोल (gola, “round; round thing”) + -इका (-ikā). The sense “pebble” in English is the original.

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