Where does “gas” come from?

gas (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gas (Dutch): gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street

Definitions

  1. gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street

Ancestry of “gas”, step by step

gas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch gasse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
2Middle High Germangazze—
3Old High Germangazzalane
4Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
5Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via Latin Chaos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinChaosthe shapeless primordial universe
2Ancient Greekχάοςthe primordial state of existence; space, air;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₂-to yawn; to gape; yawn

Words derived from “gas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →