Where does “*gans” come from?

*gans (Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns — goose.

Ancestry of “*gans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose

Words derived from “*gans

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns
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