anssar

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ansar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin ansar, from Latin anser (“goose”), from Old Latin hanser (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈã.saɾ/

Noun

anssar m

1. goose
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 308 (facsimile):

     A primeira foi tã grande […] como dãſſar un g[ra]nd ouo.

     The first was as big […] as a big goose egg.