Where does “gâen” come from?

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

gâen (Middle Dutch): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “gâen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgānto go
2Proto-Germanic*gān—
3Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gâen”

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