Where does “bankrottgehen” come from?

bankrottgehen (German) comes 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.

bankrottgehen (German): to go bankrupt

Definitions

  1. to go bankrupt

Ancestry of “bankrottgehen”, step by step

bankrottgehen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gehen

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

via German bankrott

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbankrottbankrupt
2Russianбанкро́тbankrupt, defaulter, insolvent
3Italian[[banca]] [[rotta]]—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →