Where does “goosander” come from?

goosander (English) comes from English gander, from Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, from Old English ganra, from Proto-Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic ganzô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns — goose.

goosander (English): A merganser, "Mergus merganser", of the northern...

Definitions

  1. A merganser, "Mergus merganser", of the northern...

Ancestry of “goosander”, step by step

goosander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gander

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishganderA male goose; A fool, simpleton; A glance, look
2Middle Englishgandregander
3Old Englishgandra—
4Old Englishganragander, male goose
5Proto-Germanic*ganʀō—
6Proto-Germanicganzôgander
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose

via English goose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgooseAny of various grazing waterfowl of the family...
2Middle Englishgoosgoose; The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead...
3Old Englishgōsgoose
4Proto-Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—
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