by Obie (guest)
4/22/2004, 2:12 PM
The word Ganza may come from the German Gans or Renaissance French Ganse, both meaning goose. 'Ganza', from the renaissance French word 'ganse', was a kind of gut string used to adorn dresses; this is found in 'Dizionario Etimologico Battisti-Alessio. Gans comes from Sanskrit HANS.