Etymograph

English

goose

Goose comes from Middle English goos, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂énsreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gansreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gōs
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500goos
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1606goose

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰh₂énsreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gansreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame formreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150gōs
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500goos
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1606goose

Earliest quotation: c. 1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Macbeth: “Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns

gander, 2 more

Today it means

noun Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns / goose

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