Where does “goen” come from?

goen (Luxembourgish) 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.

goen (Luxembourgish): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “goen”, step by step

goen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German gān

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

via Dutch godin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgodingoddess
2Middle Dutchgodinne—

Words derived from “goen”

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