Where does “гусёнок” come from?
гусёнок (Russian) comes from Russian гусь, from Proto-Slavic gǫ̑sь, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₂éns — goose.
гусёнок (Russian): gosling
Ancestry of “гусёнок”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | гусь | goose |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gǫ̑sь | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰh₂éns | goose |