Where does “vorausgehen” come from?

vorausgehen (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.

vorausgehen (German): to precede, to go ahead

Definitions

  1. to precede, to go ahead

Ancestry of “vorausgehen”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →
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