Where does “gusa” come from?

gusa (Old Norse) comes from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin gusia, from Late Latin geusiae, from Gaulish geusi — to pour.

gusa (Old Norse): to gush; to gush forth; to spurt

Definitions

  1. to gush; to gush forth; to spurt

Ancestry of “gusa”, step by step

gusa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian gușă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniangușăgoiter; crop, maw, gizzard; dewlap, double chin
2Vulgar Latingusia—
3Late Latingeusiaethroat, maw
4Gaulishgeusito pour

via Proto-Indo-European gus-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangus-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵews-to taste, try

Words derived from “gusa”

Every word from Gaulish geusi →Every word from Late Latin geusiae →Every word from Vulgar Latin gusia →