Words that come from Proto-Germanic “gans”
143 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic gans — including goose, geese, gossamer, gooseberry, smorgasbord, gosling, gooseneck, Genseric.
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English (38)
- goose
- geese
- gossamer
- gooseberry
- smorgasbord
- gosling
- gooseneck
- Genseric
- goshawk
- goosegrass
- goosie
- gooseherd
- goosequill
- goosedown
- gossamery
- gunsel
- goosenecked
- ganza
- goosy
- gooselike
- gossamerlike
- goosefish
- goosewing
- goosecap
- goosewinged
- gossamered
- gooseskin
- goosery
- gooseling
- sheldgoose
- goosetongue
- gooseish
- gooseberrying
- peagoose
- goosish
- gooseberrylike
- goosely
- gooseberryish