köken: From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Latin anser.