Where does “dvärgkanadagås” come from?
dvärgkanadagås (Swedish) comes from Swedish kanadagås, from Swedish gås, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
dvärgkanadagås (Swedish): a cackling goose
Definitions
- a cackling goose
Ancestry of “dvärgkanadagås”, step by step
dvärgkanadagås traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kanadagås
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kanadagås | Canada goose, Branta canadensis |
| 2 | Swedish | gås | a goose |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |