Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganzô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”); see *gans.

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

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ganʀō
- Old English: ganra, gandra
  - Middle English: ganer, gandre, gandere
    - Scots: ganare, ganer, ganner
    - English: gander
- Old Frisian: *ganra, *gonra, *gandra, *gondra
  - West Frisian: goarre
- Old Saxon: *ganro
  - Middle Low German: ganre
    - Low German: Ganner, Gander
      - ⇒ Low German: Ganter (merged with Gante < *ganatô)
        → German: Ganter
- Dutch: gander (19th c., probably from Low German or English)
⇒ Old Norse: gassi (< *ganssô)
- Icelandic: gassi
- Norwegian Bokmål: gasse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gasse
- Danish: gase
- Swedish: gasse
- Scanian: gáse