Where does “hanngås” come from?

hanngås (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk gås, from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ, from Persian کز, from Middle Persian kaž, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

hanngås (Norwegian Nynorsk): a gander

Definitions

  1. a gander

Ancestry of “hanngås”, step by step

hanngås traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk gås

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgåsa goose; an imbecile; rot in a tree caused by a...
2Frenchgazegauze; first-person singular present indicative...
3Arabicقَزّsilk
4PersianکزAlternative form of کژ
5Middle Persiankaž—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

via Norwegian Nynorsk hann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskhannmale
2Norwegian Nynorskhanhe, him, it
3Old Norsehánnhe third-person nominative singular masculine personal pronoun
4Proto-Norsehānaʀ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →Every word from Middle Persian kaž →Every word from Persian کز →