Where does “gas” come from?
gas (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
Ancestry of “gas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | gás | goose; vulva |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |