Where does “goos” come from?
goos (Middle English) comes from Old English gōs, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
goos (Middle English): goose; The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead...
Definitions
- goose; The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead...
Ancestry of “goos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | gōs | goose |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |
Words derived from “goos”