Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gans

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gans.

Noun

*gans f

1. goose

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gans
Genitive	*gansi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gans	*gansi
Accusative	*gansu	*gansi
Genitive	*gansi	*gansō
Dative	*gansi	*gansum
Instrumental	*gansi	*gansum

Descendants

• Old English: gōs
  • Middle English: goos, goce, gos, gose, gosse
    • English: goose
    • Scots: guse
• Old Frisian: *gōs
  • North Frisian:

    Most dialects: gus

    Sylt: Guus

    Wiedingharde: goos

  • Saterland Frisian: Gous
  • West Frisian: goes
• Old Saxon: *gās, *gōs
  • Middle Low German: gās, gōs, gūs
    • Low German: Goos
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: *gösel
      • Low German: Gössel
        • → German: Gössel
• Old Dutch: *gans, *gōs
  • Middle Dutch: gans, goes
    • Dutch: gans, goes (dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: gans
        • → Xhosa: urhanisi
        • → Zulu: ihansi
      • Jersey Dutch: xânz
      • Negerhollands: gans
      • → Lokono: kansa
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: hans
      • → Papiamentu: gans (dated)
      • → Sranan Tongo: gansi
        • → Aukan: gansi
        • → Saramaccan: gánsi
• Old High German: gans, kans
  • Middle High German: gans, gas
    • Alemannic German: Gaas, Gants (Uri)
    • German: Gans
    • Luxembourgish: Gäns, Gaus
    • Vilamovian: gaons
    • Yiddish: גאַנדז (gandz)