Where does “gōs” come from?
gōs (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
gōs (Old English): goose
Ancestry of “gōs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |