Where does “rietgans” come from?

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

rietgans (Dutch): bean goose (Anser fabalis)

Definitions

  1. bean goose (Anser fabalis)

Ancestry of “rietgans”, step by step

rietgans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgansA goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae,...
2Middle Dutchgans—
3Proto-Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

via Dutch riet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrietreed
2Middle Dutchriet—
3Old Dutchrietreed
4Proto-West Germanichreudreed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →