The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix I
Indo-European Roots
ENTRY:
ghans-
DEFINITION:
Goose. Oldest form *hans-, becoming *ghans- in centum languages. 1a.goose1; goshawk, from Old English gs (nominative plural gs), goose; b.gosling, from Old Norse gs, goose; c.gunsel, from Old High German gans, goose; d.gonzo, from Spanish ganso, goose, from a Germanic source akin to Old High German gans, goose. a–d all from Germanic *gans- (nominative plural *gansiz). 2.gander, from Old English ganra,gandra, gander, from Germanic *gan(d)rn-.3.gannet, from Old English ganot, gannet, from Germanic *gantn-.4. Suffixed form *ghans-er-.anserine; merganser, from Latin nser (< *hanser), goose. 5. Basic form *ghans-.chenopod, from Greek khn, goose. (Pokorny han-s- 412.)
hans-, becoming *ghans- in centum languages. 1a. goose1; goshawk, from Old English g
s (nominative plural g
s), goose; b. gosling, from Old Norse g
s, goose; c. gunsel, from Old High German gans, goose; d. gonzo, from Spanish ganso, goose, from a Germanic source akin to Old High German gans, goose. a–d all from Germanic *gans- (nominative plural *gansiz). 2. gander, from Old English ganra, gandra, gander, from Germanic *gan(d)r
