Where does “goosely” come from?

goosely (English) comes from English goose, from Middle English goos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

goosely (English): Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goose...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a goose...

Ancestry of “goosely”, step by step

goosely traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-—

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Old English gōs →