Where does “gandre” come from?

gandre (Middle English) comes from Old English gandra, from Old English ganra, from Proto-Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic ganzô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns — goose.

gandre (Middle English): gander

Definitions

  1. gander

Ancestry of “gandre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgandra—
2Old Englishganragander, male goose
3Proto-Germanic*ganʀō—
4Proto-Germanicganzôgander
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose

Words derived from “gandre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns →
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