Where does “gosse” come from?
gosse (Middle English) comes from Middle English goos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
gosse (Middle English): Alternative form of goos
Ancestry of “gosse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | goos | goose; The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead... |
| 2 | Old English | gōs | goose |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |