gæs
Icelandic
/caiːs/
noun
Definitions
- goose
- hen bride-to-be in the context of hen night festivities
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse gás (goose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰans-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goose Village English
- goose English
- gooseberry English
- goosecap English
- goosedown English
- goosefish English
- goosegrass English
- gooseherd English
- goosehood English
- gooseish English
- gooseless English
- gooselike English
- gooseling English
- goosely English
- gooseneck English
- goosenecked English
- goosequill English
- goosery English
- gooseskin English
- goosetongue English
- goosewing English
- goosie English
- goosish English
- goosy English
- gosherd English
- gosling English
- peagoose English
- sheldgoose English
- ganta Latin
- gonzo Italian
- ganso Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰans- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Indo-European
- gås Norwegian Bokmål
- *gans Proto-Germanic
- gås Norwegian Nynorsk
- gåsunge Norwegian Nynorsk
- kanadagås Norwegian Nynorsk
- gōs Old English
- goos Middle English
- gás Old Norse
- gås Danish
- Kanada Icelandic
- akur Icelandic
- akurgæs Icelandic
- fagur Icelandic
- fagurgæs Icelandic
- grágæs Icelandic
- grár Icelandic
- gæsahúð Icelandic
- heiðagæs Icelandic
- heiði Icelandic
- húð Icelandic
- kanadagæs Icelandic
- mar Icelandic
- margæs Icelandic
- mör Icelandic
- mörgæs Icelandic
- snjógæs Icelandic
- snjór Icelandic
- gans Middle Dutch
- gans Old High German
- gás Faroese
- gansa Tagalog
- *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gans gmw-pro
- gas Old Saxon
- gās Old Saxon
- Gaas Alemannic German
- Gants Alemannic German
- gas Old Swedish
- gas, gās Old Swedish
- gōs Old Frisian
- gaas Old Danish
- gą̊s Elfdalian
- kanso Karao
- gansu Yogad