köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Germanic *gans Proto-West Germanic *gans Old High German gans Middle High German gans German Gans From Middle High German gans, from Old High German gans, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Compare Low German Gans, Goos, Dutch gans, English goose, Danish gås.
köken: Inherited from Old French oie, from earlier oe, oue, from Vulgar Latin auca, contraction of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Italian, Spanish, and Catalan oca, Franco-Provençal ôye, Occitan and Romansh auca, Friulian ocje. The Trésor de la langue française argues that -i- was added by the end of the 12th century as analogy to oisel, oiseau (“bird”).
aile: jeu de l'oie, oie cendrée, oie des neiges, petite oie
köken: Inherited from Late Latin auca, syncope of *avica, from Classical Latin avis (“bird”). Compare Catalan, Spanish, Venetan, and Sicilian oca, French oie, Occitan auca, Romansh auca, ocha, Friulian ocje, Dalmatian jauca.
köken: First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 거유〮 (Yale: kèywú). Perhaps related to Old Korean *巨老 (*kəru), attested in Samguk sagi toponyms. Possibly also related to Japanese 雁 (kari, “goose”) and Mongolian галуу (galuu, “goose”).
a goose · a lump of butter that floats on top of the cream during churning · butter flavoured with salt and given pleasing form, to be served as spread
çekim: çoğul gäss · tamlayan gåsens
köken: From Old Swedish gās, from Old Norse gás, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Cognate with English goose, German Gans, etc. In the other senses referring to the goose’s ability to float on water.