Where does “gans” come from?

gans (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gans (Middle High German): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “gans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangansgoose
2Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
3Proto-Germanicgansgoose
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gans →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gans →