Where does “gong” come from?
gong (Middle English) comes from Old English gong, from Old English gangan, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan.
Ancestry of “gong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | gong | — |
| 2 | Old English | gangan | to go, walk; to turn out |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *gangan | — |