Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gans

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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, gosse, goce, gos, gose
  - English: goose
  - Scots: guse
Old Frisian: gōs
- North Frisian: goos
- Saterland Frisian: Gous, Gäise
- West Frisian: goes, guos
Old Saxon: *gās, *gōs
- Middle Low German: gās, gōs, gūs
  - German Low German: Goos
Old Dutch: *gans
- Middle Dutch: gans
  - Dutch: gans, goes
    - Afrikaans: gans
    - → Sranan Tongo: gansi
Old High German: gans, kans
- Middle High German: gans, gas
  - Alemannic German: Gaas, Gants
  - German: Gans
  - Luxembourgish: Gäns, Gaus
  - Vilamovian: gaons
  - Yiddish: גאַנדז‎ (gandz)