Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganzô

This Proto-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-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
Old Frisian: *ganra, *gonra, *gandra
- Saterland Frisian: Gant, Gont
- West Frisian: goarre
Old Saxon: *ganro
- Middle Low German: ganre
  - German Low German: Ganner, Gander
Dutch: gander (possibly borrowed from Low German or English)
Old High German: ganzo(?)
- Middle High German: ganze, ganse; ganzer, ganser
  - German: Ganter; Ganser
Old Norse: gassi
- Icelandic: gassi
- Norwegian: gasse
- Danish: gase
- Scanian: gáse

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