Where does “gâçon” come from?

gâçon (Bourguignon) comes from Middle Low German gâs, from Old Saxon gās, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gâçon (Bourguignon): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “gâçon”, step by step

gâçon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German gâs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangâs—
2Old Saxongāsa goose
3Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

via Bourguignon on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bourguignonon—

Words derived from “gâçon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gans →
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