Where does “goosequill” come from?

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

goosequill (English): A goose's quill used for writing

Definitions

  1. A goose's quill used for writing

Ancestry of “goosequill”, step by step

goosequill 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 quill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquillThe lower shaft of a feather, specifically the...
2Middle Englishquil—
3Middle Low Germanquiele—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Old English gōs →
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