Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gant

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to flourish, be full, swell, abound”). Cognate with Lithuanian ganėti (“to be enough, be sufficient, suffice”), Sanskrit घन (ghaná, “compact, solid, dense”), Persian آگنج (âganj, “full, complete”), Persian آکندن (âgandan, “to fill up”).

Adjective

*gant

1. whole, healthy
2. all, complete

Inflection

Derived terms

• *gantēn
• *gantī
• *gantiþu
• *gantijan

Descendants

• Old High German: ganz
  • Middle High German: ganz
    • Alemannic German: ganza, geng, génh, ganz
    • Bavarian: gånz
    • Cimbrian: gantz, gåntz
    • German: ganz
    • Luxembourgish: ganz
  • → Middle Dutch: gands, gants, gansch
    • Dutch: gans
  • → Middle Low German: ganz, gans
    • German Low German: ganz
    • → Danish: ganske
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ganske
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: ganske
    • → Swedish: ganska
    • → Norwegian: ganskje, ganske
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: ganskje
  • → Old Frisian: gans
    • Saterland Frisian: gans
    • West Frisian: gâns, gânsk