From: tgpedersen
Message: 49219
Date: 2007-06-30
>So *gand-r-on, cf *gans-
> At 11:07:40 AM on Saturday, June 30, 2007, tgpedersen wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > BTW, note that -er suffix of Engl. gander recurs in Latin
> > a:nser; [...]
>
> <Gander> is from OE <gan(d)ra>, which has no <-er> suffix.
> Watkins derives it from PGmc. *gan(d)ro:n,
> and <a:nser> from *g^hans-er-.Watkins can't see there is a problem, and that can't be my problem.