Where does “gás” come from?

gás (Faroese) comes from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gás (Faroese): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “gás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegásgoose; vulva
2Proto-Germanicgansgoose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Old Norse gás →