Where does “hintergehen” come from?

hintergehen (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.

hintergehen (German): to deceive, to betray, to cheat, to hoodwink, to...

Definitions

  1. to deceive, to betray, to cheat, to hoodwink, to...

Ancestry of “hintergehen”, step by step

hintergehen 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 hinter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhinterbehind, after; after; beyond
2Middle High Germanhinder—
3Old High Germanhinder—

Words derived from “hintergehen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →