Where does “xâne” come from?

xâne (Jersey Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gān, from Proto-Germanic *gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

xâne (Jersey Dutch): to move from one place to another; to go

Definitions

  1. to move from one place to another; to go

Ancestry of “xâne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgānto go
2Proto-Germanic*gān—
3Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *gān →