If the plural of goose is geese why isn't the plural of mongoose mongeese why is it mongooses?

Goose is from the Germanic root, and its plural was adopted into Old English as "geese". This is an abnormal plural.

Mongoose is of Marathi (Asian) origin and adopts a normal plural. e.g. The plural of 'noose' is 'nooses'.

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