Etymology Explorer › Old Saxon

Where does “gās” come from?

gās (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.

Ancestry of “gās”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gās”

  • gôs
  • gâs
  • gûs
  • gos
  • Goos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans- →