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

gâs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gās

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

via Old Saxon gōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongōs—

Words derived from “gâs”

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