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Where does “gans” come from?

gans (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

Ancestry of “gans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgansgoose
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gans”

  • ganzeveer
  • sneeuwgans
  • gans
  • gans
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →