Where does “ganz” come from?

ganz (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic gant, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

ganz (Old High German): whole, entire, sound, complete; whole, sound,...

Definitions

  1. whole, entire, sound, complete; whole, sound,...

Ancestry of “ganz”, step by step

ganz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic gant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgantwhole, healthy; all, complete
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via Proto-Germanic *gant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*gant—

Words derived from “ganz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gant →