Where does “ganz” come from?

ganz (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German ganz, from Proto-West Germanic gant, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

ganz (Alemannic German): all, everything

Definitions

  1. all, everything

Ancestry of “ganz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanganzwhole, entire, sound, complete; whole, sound,...
2Proto-West Germanicgantwhole, healthy; all, complete
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gant →