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

1. 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
• *ganutaz

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