Where does “gans” come from?

gans (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

gans (Old High German): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “gans”, step by step

gans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
2Proto-Germanicgansgoose
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

via Germanic *gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*gans—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose

Words derived from “gans”

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