Where does “gants” come from?
gants (Middle Dutch) comes from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
Ancestry of “gants”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | gans | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | gans | goose |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |