Where does “dootgahn” come from?
dootgahn (Low German) comes from Low German gahn, from Middle Low German gan, from Old Saxon gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
dootgahn (Low German): to die
Ancestry of “dootgahn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Low German | gahn | gone; to go; going, walking |
| 2 | Middle Low German | gan | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | gān | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |