Where does “gaan” come from?

gaan (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch gaan, from Middle Dutch gâen, from Old Dutch gān, from Proto-Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

gaan (Afrikaans): to go; Used to express the future tense, often...

Definitions

  1. to go; Used to express the future tense, often...

Ancestry of “gaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgaanto go, to move from one place to another; to...
2Middle Dutchgâento go
3Old Dutchgānto go
4Proto-Germanic*gān—
5Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *gān →