anser

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈanˌseɐ̯ˀ] === Verb === anser present tense of anse == French == === Etymology === From anse (“handle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.se/ === Verb === anser (transitive) to fix a handle (to) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “anser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. This PIE term may have yielded Proto-Italic *hans, which shifted into *hāns due to a Latin rule mandating the lengthening of a vowel before ns. This new pre-form may have formed a paradigm of the shape *hāns ~ *hānsos, which perhaps possessed an accusative singular form *hānesem. This accusative form would then have evolved into *hānerem, which was then possibly remolded into *hānserem on the basis of the genitive singular form. It is perhaps possible that this accusative singular form then served to introduce -er- into the rest of the inflectional paradigm. However, in any case, *hānser is not attested from Roman material, which includes inscriptional attestation of the cognomen Ānser. The absence of h may be because of an influence from the unrelated word anas (“duck”). Cognates include Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Russian гусь (gusʹ), Old Irish géiss, Old English gōs (English goose), and Albanian gatë (“heron”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈãː.sɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan.ser] === Noun === ānser m (genitive ānseris); third declension goose Synonym: (Late Latin) auca ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ānserculus ānserīnus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “anser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “anser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “anser”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “anser”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “anser”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === anser present of anse == Swedish == === Verb === anser present indicative of anse === Anagrams === Arnes, Enars, Ernas, arens, enars, erans, rasen, reans, renas, rensa, resan, snare