Where does “Gåns” come from?

Gåns (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

Gåns (Bavarian): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “Gåns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangansgoose
2Old High Germangansgoose
3Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →