Where does “gayng” come from?

gayng (Middle English) comes from Middle English gonde, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic gāndz, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

Ancestry of “gayng”, step by step

gayng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English gonde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgonde—
2Old Englishgānde—
3Proto-Germanicgāndz—
4Proto-West Germanicgānto go
5Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via Middle English gaand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgaand—

via Middle English goonde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgoonde—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →