Where does “omgående” come from?
omgående (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German umgehend, from German umgehen, from German gehen, 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.
omgående (Norwegian Bokmål): immediate, prompt; immediately, promptly; present...
Definitions
- immediate, prompt; immediately, promptly; present...
Ancestry of “omgående”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | umgehend | immediate; immediately; present participle of... |
| 2 | German | umgehen | to avoid, bypass, to go around; to avoid; to... |
| 3 | German | gehen | to go, to walk; to leave; to leave, to take off |
| 4 | Middle High German | gān | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gān | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |