Where does “Gänsesäger” come from?
Gänsesäger (German) comes from German Säger, from German sägen, from Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Gänsesäger (German): common merganser
Ancestry of “Gänsesäger”, step by step