Where does “umgehen” come from?

umgehen (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.

umgehen (German): to avoid, bypass, to go around; to avoid; to...

Definitions

  1. to avoid, bypass, to go around; to avoid; to...

Ancestry of “umgehen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “umgehen”

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