Where does “Gans” come from?
Gans (Pennsylvania German) comes from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
Gans (Pennsylvania German): goose
Ancestry of “Gans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |