Where does “gans” come from?

gans (German) comes from Middle High German gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gans (German): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “gans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangansgoose
2Old High Germangansgoose
3Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →