Where does “sneeuwgans” come from?

sneeuwgans (Dutch) comes from Dutch sneeuw, from Middle Dutch snêe, from Old Dutch snēo, from Proto-West Germanic snaiw, from Proto-Germanic snaiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European snóygʷʰos, from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- — to snow.

sneeuwgans (Dutch): snow goose, "Chen caerulescens"

Definitions

  1. snow goose, "Chen caerulescens"

Ancestry of “sneeuwgans”, step by step

sneeuwgans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch sneeuw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsneeuwsnow; snow, static, noise; cocaine
2Middle Dutchsnêesnow
3Old Dutchsnēosnow
4Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
5Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
7Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow

via Dutch gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgansA goose, a waterfowl of the family Anatidae,...
2Middle Dutchgans—
3Proto-Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneygʷʰ- →