Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “gâs” come from?

gâs (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gās, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

Ancestry of “gâs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gâs”

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