zoss

From earlier *zosis, from Proto-Baltic *žans-is, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- (“goose”), apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin. The g in the Slavic cognates is either a dialectal phenomenon or the result of an old stem variant. Cognates include Lithuanian žąsìs, Old Prussian sansy ([zansi]), Proto-Slavic *gǫsь (Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian гусь (gus'), Bulgarian гъска (gǎ́ska), Czech hus, husa, Polish gęś), Old High German gans, Old Norse gás, Old English gōs, German Gans, English goose, Old Irish géiss (“swan”), Sanskrit हंसः (haṁsáḥ), Latin ānser (< *hānser).[1]

• IPA^(key): [zùos]

zoss f (6th declension)

1. goose (several birds of the tribe Anatini or subfamily Anatinae of the Anatidae family, genera Anser, Branta, and Chen)

   zosu bars ― a flock of geese

   zosu spalvas ― goose feathers

   zoss cepetis ― goose roast

   meža zoss ― wild (lit. forest) goose

   pelēkā zoss ― gray goose

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