Where does “Gäns” come from?

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

Gäns (Luxembourgish): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “Gäns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangense—
2Old High Germangansgoose
3Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gans →