Where does “gans” come from?

gans (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gans (Dutch): A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae,...

Definitions

  1. A goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae,...

Ancestry of “gans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgans—
2Proto-Germanicgansgoose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Middle Dutch gans →