gander

Middle English gandre, gander, going back to Old English gandra, ganra, going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre “male goose,” Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- “goose” — more at ¹goose

First Known Use: before 12th century

probably derivative of ¹gander, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something

First Known Use: circa 1914