Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “gense” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gense”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gense”

  • Gäns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →