Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ǵʰans-”

153 words across 43 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- — including goose, geese, gossamer, gooseberry, smorgasbord, gosling, gooseneck, Genseric.

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English (40)

German (16)

Icelandic (10)

Middle English (8)

Swedish (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Dutch (4)

Translingual (4)

Old Saxon (4)

Faroese (3)

Old English (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle High German (3)

Middle Low German (3)

Danish (2)

Yiddish (2)

Italian (2)

French (2)

Latin (2)

Greek (2)

Cebuano (2)

Spanish (2)

West Frisian (1)

Ancient Greek (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Danish (1)

Gothic (1)

Galician (1)

Tagalog (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Elfdalian (1)

German Low German (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Late Latin (1)