Where does “irregehen” come from?

irregehen (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.

irregehen (German): to go astray

Definitions

  1. to go astray

Ancestry of “irregehen”, step by step

irregehen 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 Irre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanIrrethe state of erring, the state of being wrong; a...
2Germanirrecrazy, insane, mad, mental; crazy, incredible,...
3Old High Germanirriconfused
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →