Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsakъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *gǫsь +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

*gǫsakъ m

1. gander (male goose)

Declension

Declension of *gǫsakъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gǫsakъ	*gǫsaka	*gǫsaci
genitive	*gǫsaka	*gǫsaku	*gǫsakъ
dative	*gǫsaku	*gǫsakoma	*gǫsakomъ
accusative	*gǫsakъ	*gǫsaka	*gǫsaky
instrumental	*gǫsakъmь, *gǫsakomь*	*gǫsakoma	*gǫsaky
locative	*gǫsacě	*gǫsaku	*gǫsacěxъ
vocative	*gǫsače	*gǫsaka	*gǫsaci

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: гуса́къ (husák)
    • Belarusian: гуса́к (husák)
    • Ukrainian: гуса́к (husák)
  • Russian: гуса́к (gusák)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: гъсо́к (gǎsók)
  • Macedonian: гусак (gusak)
  • Slovene: gosak
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: husák
    • Czech: husák

• Non-Slavic:
  • Romanian: gânsac

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫsakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 82