Where does “Umgehung” come from?

Umgehung (German) comes from German umgehen, from German gehen, from Middle High German gān, from Old High German gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

Umgehung (German): evasion, bypassing

Definitions

  1. evasion, bypassing

Ancestry of “Umgehung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanumgehento avoid, bypass, to go around; to avoid; to...
2Germangehento go, to walk; to leave; to leave, to take off
3Middle High Germangānto go
4Old High Germangānto go
5Proto-West Germanicgānto go
6Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “Umgehung”

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