Where does “gehn” come from?

gehn (Hunsrik) comes 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.

gehn (Hunsrik): to go; to walk

Definitions

  1. to go; to walk

Ancestry of “gehn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gehn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →
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