גאָנער
־ס
דער
גאָנשער, גענדזער
'gander'
ETYMOLOGY
{Not clear the source for גאָנער, though it looks similar to Middle Low German ganre. גענדזער is probably from MHG ganser, and גאָנשער is clearly from Polish gąsior.
Polish gąsior
OE gan(d)ra, English gander, Middle Low German ganre, NHG (northern) Gander, Ganter; from PGmc ✱ganazan- 'gander'; from PIE ✱ǵʰh₂en-os-on-, from the root of ✱gans- 'goose'; from PIE ✱ǵʰh₂en-s- (see גאַנדז) with the masculine suffix ✱-azan-.
Latin (borrowed from Germanic) ganta, OE ganot, OHG ganazzo, ganzo, MHG ganzer, ganze, ganser, ENHG ganser, gansart, ganse, gänserich, ganze, NHG Ganzer, Ganser; from PGmc ✱ganōt- <PIE ✱gʰan-.
NHG Gänserich (enlarged from Ganser like Enterich 'male duck', first appears in the 16th c.)
CENTRAL
Unterland (East Transcarpathian)
gúːnàˑr {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}
guːnɛ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
NORTHEASTERN
Lithuania
gɔ́nɛʀ {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}
- gɛ́ns̀ɛʀ