Where does “géiss” come from?

géiss (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic gansis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns — goose.

géiss (Old Irish): swan

Definitions

  1. swan

Ancestry of “géiss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticgansisswan
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₂énsgoose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns →Every word from Proto-Celtic gansis →
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