Where does “gan” come from?
I can't write this etymology. The chain you've provided shows "gang" and "gangbang" cycling repeatedly without any actual historical languages or origins—it's circular and doesn't trace the word back to a genuine source language.
To write an accurate etymology sentence, I'd need a chain showing progression through real languages (like Old English, Proto-Germanic, etc.) with attested historical forms and their meanings.
gan (English): Mouth; simple past tense of gin; To go
Definitions
- Mouth; simple past tense of gin; To go
Ancestry of “gan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | gang | To go; walk; proceed; A number going in company;... |
| 2 | Middle English | gang | going |
| 3 | Old English | gang | going, walking; path; gait |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *gang | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |