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Where does “gōs” come from?

gōs (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

Ancestry of “gōs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgansgoose
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “gōs”

  • goes
  • Gous
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →