Where does “gao” come from?
gao (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Middle Dutch gants, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic gans, from Proto-Germanic gans, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰans-.
gao (Serbo-Croatian): black, dark; dark fur
Ancestry of “gao”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | gants | — |
| 2 | Old High German | gans | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | gans | goose |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | gans | goose |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰans- | — |