Where does “gas” come from?

gas (Icelandic) comes from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gas (Icelandic): gas; gauze

Definitions

  1. gas; gauze

Ancestry of “gas”, step by step

gas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
2Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
3Middle High Germangazze—
4Old High Germangazzalane
5Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
6Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via French gaze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgazegauze; first-person singular present indicative...
2Arabicقَزّsilk
3PersianکزAlternative form of کژ
4Middle Persiankaž—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

Words derived from “gas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →