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

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: gos, goce, goos, gose, gosse
  - English: goose
  - Scots: guise
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: Gans, Goos
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: *gösel
    - Low German: Gössel
      - → German: Gössel
Old Dutch: *gans, *guos
- 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, cans
- Middle High German: gans, gas
  - Alemannic German: Gaas, Gants (Uri)
  - German: Gans
  - Luxembourgish: Gäns, Gaus
  - Vilamovian: gaons
  - Yiddish: גאַנדז (gandz)