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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganzô
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *gansô (North Germanic)
- *ganrô (late West Germanic)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑn.zɔːː/
Noun
*ganzô m
- gander
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *ganzô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ganzô | *ganzaniz | |
| vocative | *ganzô | *ganzaniz | |
| accusative | *ganzanų | *ganzanunz | |
| genitive | *ganziniz | *ganzanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ganzini | *ganzammaz | |
| instrumental | *ganzinē | *ganzammiz | |
Related terms
- *gansiz
- *ganatuz
Descendants
- Old English: ganra, gandra
- Middle English: ganer, gandre, gandere
- Scots: ganare, ganer, ganner
- English: gander
- Middle English: ganer, gandre, gandere
- Old Frisian: *ganra, *gonra, *gandra
- Saterland Frisian: Gant, Gont
- West Frisian: goarre
- Old Saxon: *ganro
- Middle Low German: ganre
- German Low German: Ganner, Gander
- Middle Low German: ganre
- Dutch: gander (possibly borrowed from Low German or English)
- Old High German: ganzo(?)
- Middle High German: ganze, ganse; ganzer, ganser
- German: Ganter; Ganser
- Middle High German: ganze, ganse; ganzer, ganser
- Old Norse: gassi
- Icelandic: gassi
- Norwegian: gasse
- Danish: gase
- Scanian: gáse