Editing Goose (section)

== Etymology ==
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*ǵʰh₂éns''. In [[Germanic language]]s, the root gave [[Old English]] ''gōs'' with the plural ''gēs'' and ''gandra'' (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] ''goes'', ''gies'' and ''guoske'', {{langx|nl|gans, ganzen, ganzerik}}, [[New High German]] ''Gans'', ''Gänse'', and ''Ganter'', and [[Old Norse]] ''gás'' and ''gæslingr'', whence English ''gosling''.

This term also gave {{langx|lt|žąsìs}}, {{langx|ga|gé}} (goose, from {{langx|sga|géiss}}), {{langx|hi|कलहंस}}, {{langx|la|anser}},  [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and {{langx|pt|ganso}}, [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient]] {{langx|el|χήν}} ({{Transliteration|grc|khēn}}), {{langx|sq|gatë}} ([[swan]]s), {{langx|fi|hanhi}}, {{langx|ae|zāō}}, {{langx|pl|gęś}}, {{langx|ro|gâscă / gânsac}}, {{langx|uk|гуска / гусак}} ({{Transliteration|uk|huska / husak}}), {{langx|ru|гусыня / гусь}} ({{Transliteration|ru|gusyna / gus}}), {{langx|cs|husa}}, and {{langx|fa|{{Nastaliq|غاز}}}} ({{Transliteration|fa|ghāz}}).<ref name="Partridge">{{Cite book |last=Partridge |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Partridge |title=Origins: a Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English |publisher=Greenwich House |year=1983 |location=New York |isbn=0-517-414252 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/originsshortetym0000part/page/245 245–246] |url=https://archive.org/details/originsshortetym0000part/page/245 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Crystal |first=David |year=1998 |title=The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language |isbn=0-521-55967-7}}</ref>