goos
Middle English
/ɡoːs/
noun
Definitions
- goose especially a female one
- The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
- A fool or idiot.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English gōs (goose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gans (goose) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (goose).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰh₂éns
Gloss
goose
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goose Village English
- Gosnell 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
- goshawk English
- gosherd English
- gosling English
- gossamer English
- peagoose English
- sheldgoose English
- ganta Latin
- *ǵʰans- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Indo-European
- *gans Proto-Germanic
- *ganzô Proto-Germanic
- goshafoc Old English
- gōs Old English
- gōshafoc Old English
- हंस Sanskrit
- goselyng Middle English
- goshauk Middle English
- gosling Middle English
- gossomer Middle English
- hauke Middle English
- somer Middle English
- wold Middle English
- góislín Irish
- gás Old Norse
- gæsling Old Norse
- *gǫ̑sь Proto-Slavic
- gans Middle Dutch
- gans Old High German
- gensel Middle High German
- *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gans gmw-pro
- *gansis Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ʰansás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- gas Old Saxon
- gās Old Saxon
- čuonjá Northern Sami
- *hāns Proto-Italic
- gōs Old Frisian
- *gatā Proto-Albanian
- *źansís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *kʰā́n Proto-Hellenic