ganta
Etymologie:
Das Wort wird von Plinius dem Älteren zitierte:
Candidorum alterum vectigal in pluma. velluntur quibusdam locis bis anno, rursus plumigeri vestiuntur. mollior quae corpori proxima, et e Germania laudatissima. candidi ibi, verum minores; gantae 54vocantur; pretium plumae eorum in libras denarii quini. ( 1938, X 54)
White geese yield a second profit in their feathers.Goose feathers. In some places they are plucked twice a year, and clothe themselves again with a feather coat. The plumage closest to the body is softer, and that from Germany is most esteemed. The geese there are a bright white, but smaller; the German word for this bird is Gans; the price of their feathers is five-pence per pound. ( 1938, X 54)
Es hat sich in altfra./mittelfra. jante, altokz. ganta ‚Gans‘, kat. ganta ‚Reiher‘ sowie in wenigen fra. Dialektformen erhalten. (vgl. FEW 16, 12 f., s.v. ganta).
Rezente Entsprechung:
Abgesehen von einigen, im FEW genannten Dialektformen fehlen rezente Entsprechungen.