Where does “gon” come from?

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

gon (Middle English): to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form...

Definitions

  1. to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form...

Ancestry of “gon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgānto go
2Proto-West Germanicgānto go
3Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gon

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ-