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PARA-253-Canada-Goose: Gertrude

Caretaker Status: Bonded to CARE-02

Affiliated companion(s): none

Level 3 - concrete
Word: Goose (Canada)

Origin:
Combination of the words Canada + Goose.
1560s (implied in Canadian), said to be a Latinized form of a word for "village" in an Iroquoian language of the St. Lawrence valley that had gone extinct by 1600. Most still-spoken Iroquoian languages have a similar word (such as Mohawk kana:ta "town").

"a large waterfowl proverbially noted, I know not why, for foolishness" [Johnson], Old English gos "a goose," from Proto-Germanic *gans- "goose" (source also of Old Frisian gos, Old Norse gas, Old High German gans, German Gans "goose"), from PIE *ghans- (source also of Sanskrit hamsah (masc.), hansi (fem.), "goose, swan;" Greek khen; Latin anser; Polish gęś "goose;" Lithuanian žąsis "goose;" Old Irish geiss "swan"), probably imitative of its honking.

Definition:
A common wild goose, Branta canadensis, of North America.
This goose has a black head and neck, a white chinstrap, and a loud, trumpeting call.

Magic Status: 1 - Neophyte
Tier 1 - Body is covered in water-wicking feathers.

Wisdom Status: 0 - Unaware