Where does “gaan” come from?

gaan (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): to go, to move from one place to another; to...

Definitions

  1. to go, to move from one place to another; to...

Ancestry of “gaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgâento go
2Old Dutchgānto go
3Proto-Germanic*gān
4Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gaan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ-